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Oil Revenues Above Saudi Budget Breakeven Price Will Go to PIF Coffers, Al Tuwaijri Says

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Steadily climbing oil prices over the past year may help increase cash in Saudi Arabia's massive Public Investment Fund (PIF), according to comments by Mohammed Al Tuwaijri, the kingdom’s minister of economy and planning.

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