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Pressures on Saudi riyal should start to ease

Speculation has mounted in recent weeks that Saudi Arabia will devalue the riyal. For our part, we have long argued that policymakers would be loath to abandon the dollar peg. And, as we explain in this Watch, there are strong economic reasons to expect pressures on the riyal to ease over the coming years.


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