IMF Staff Country Reports

Saudi Arabia: Selected Issues

October 13, 2016

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Saudi Arabia: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2016) accessed October 7, 2024

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Summary

This Selected Issues paper discusses the options for financing the government fiscal deficit in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government is working to develop a comprehensive strategy to meet its budget financing needs. Although external borrowing could alleviate pressure on the domestic market, it will also create new risks. Reliance on foreign investors may help further enhance transparency. Foreign investors’ demand for diversification could also allow the Saudi government to enjoy attractive yields. Broadening the investor base and ensuring that the government’s debt issuance supports the development of the private debt market could help alleviate some of the negative economic and financial effects of higher government debt.

Subject: Asset and liability management, Debt management, Economic sectors, Financial institutions, Government debt management, Oil prices, Prices, Privatization, Public financial management (PFM), Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Sovereign bonds

Keywords: Asset portfolio, Capital stock, CR, Debt management, Employment of national, Expenditure, Expenditure adjustment, GDP, Global, Government balance sheet, Government debt management, Government ownership, Government share, Investor base, ISCR, Oil prices, Price drop, Private sector, Private sector employment, Privatization, Privatization program, Real GDP, Sovereign bonds, Water authority

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    73

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2016/327

  • Stock No:

    1SAUEA2016002

  • ISBN:

    9781475544275

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

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