Saudi Arabia
Economy
In yet another example of the Kingdom's poor human rights record, US based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has hit out at Nukhba House of Medical Services over a pay dispute that has left...
2008-06-20Economy
Although the government's budget surplus will expand in 2008 to hit 18.6% of GDP - on the back of a jump in oil revenues and slower expenditure growth - we expect the surplus to narrow...
2008-06-20Economy
BMI View: In spite of ongoing equity weakness, portfolio investors are continuing to take advantage of Saudi Arabia's attractive investment climate. Meanwhile foreign direct investment...
2008-06-16Economy
BMI View: We expect Saudi Arabia to record steady real GDP growth rates over the coming years, on the back of increasing oil production and high oil prices. The non-oil sector, notably...
2008-06-12Political Risk
BMI View: Despite evidence of irritation on both sides, we do not anticipate any major shift in Saudi-US relations, even with a significant change of leadership in the White House....
2008-06-02Economy
Saudi Arabia recently raised oil output to its highest level in more than two years after US President George W Bush appealed to King Abdullah II to hike output to curb rising oil...
2008-05-29Economy
We expect real GDP growth to pick up in 2008 and 2009 to hit 3.8% and 4.1% respectively, on the back of strong growth non-oil growth and healthy government consumption.
2008-05-29Economy
We have revised up our end-year inflation forecasts for Saudi Arabia to 8.0% y-o-y and 5.0% y-o-y for 2008 and 2009 respectively, on the back of reports that growth in the consumer...
2008-05-27
