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Lower oil prices not a major headache for the Gulf

The ongoing slide in oil prices doesn’t pose too much of a threat to the Gulf economies. But it does reinforce the point that a key driver of the region’s economies over the past decade is weakening. We don’t expect growth to collapse, although we do think it is likely to slow to 3-4% over the coming years.


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