Saudi Arabia

In the light of the visits to Baghdad by Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in July, King Abdullah of Jordan earlier this month, and now by Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora,... 2008-08-21

We welcome the recent news that Saudi Arabia and Qatar have agreed to fix their maritime borders, and also set up a high level council intended to address security, trade and political... 2008-07-22

We expect real GDP growth to push higher in 2008 and 2009, to come in around 4.0% and 4.3% respectively, on the back of non-oil sector expansion, increasing oil production and a jump... 2008-07-22

Our forecasts are for year-end inflation to hit 10%, but if the government wants to see the rate drop below these levels, and remains unwilling to drop the dollar peg, it will have... 2008-07-22

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... 2008-06-20

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... 2008-06-20

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... 2008-06-16

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... 2008-06-12

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.... 2008-06-02

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... 2008-05-29