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“On the non-oil side, growth seems to be evolving pretty much as we expected. Confidence in the economy seems to be better now than a few years ago and we would expect private sector momentum to be there even if government spending slows.”
Tim Callen, Saudi Arabia mission chief to the IMF, speaking with S&P Global about IMF projections for the Saudi economy in 2020.
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