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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Riyadh - Asharq Al-Awsat

IMF: Private Sector Investments Will Drive Saudi Economic Growth

Saudi Arabia is seeking to strengthen its economic capabilities by reducing dependence on oil. (AFP)

Saudi Arabia’s budget will achieve more financial revenues following a production cut announced by the Kingdom with OPEC and its allies, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), thanks to higher crude prices.

“The impact on the budget and on the external position relative to what we had projected is positive,” Amine Mati, the IMF mission chief to Saudi Arabia, said in an interview in Washington, as reported by Bloomberg.

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