Despite recent media reports espousing the resilience of Saudi consumers in the face of lower oil prices, a number of indicators suggest that household spending in the Kingdom has softened in recent months. With a fiscal squeeze in the pipeline, we expect household consumption to be much weaker over the coming years than in the previous decade.
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