The UAE and Saudi Arabia continue to witness growth despite lower oil prices, a report said, noting that the UAE even recorded high levels of job creation during May, while Saudi Arabia’s output and new orders expanded.
“Oil subsidies during the current FY (to end June 30) amounted to 70 billion EGP, down from an estimated 100 billion EGP in the state budget,” Molla said.
Saudi Arabia is likely to bridge its widening fiscal gap by resorting to domestic borrowing in the near future, according to economists and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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