The rise in oil prices to $85pb brings most major oil producers’ budgets close to balance (and in a few cases a large surplus) and could open the door for fiscal policy to be loosened in a few countries in the Gulf. However, if the rise in oil prices is sustained, it will make the balance of payments adjustment needed in Turkey and Argentina even more difficult.
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