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Saudi economy stagnates as austerity takes its toll

Our GDP Tracker suggests that tighter fiscal policy is taking a heavier toll on the economy than even we had anticipated. We will revisit our forecasts soon, but the short point is that expectations for growth of anything more than 0.5% this year now seem overly optimistic.


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