UAE best-positioned in GCC to absorb oil shock | ZAWYA MENA Edition:
The UAE is best-positioned among GCC economies to weather the decline in oil prices as it can finance its current account deficit longer than any of its regional peers, says a new report.
According to Capital Economics, the UAE can finance its current account deficit for 35 years if oil prices stay at $25 a barrel. Kuwait comes second followed by Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman.
"In the four largest Gulf economies - Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar - current account deficits could be financed through a drawdown of large foreign exchange savings for a considerable amount of time. Saudi Arabia could do so for around a decade and the other three countries for even longer," said Jason Tuvey, senior emerging markets economist at
Capital Economics.
The report said the UAE still runs a current account surplus at $30 a barrel.
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