“We are likely to end 2020 with negative growth, but it is likely to be on the lower side of OECD expectations on G20 members. I hope, and I’m challenging Kristilina, that we will come quite below what they are expecting in terms of 2020 negative growth.”
-Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Saudi Arabia’s Finance Minister, in a conversation with Kristilina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director, during a World Economic Forum virtual discussion of the Saudi economy. [Arab News]
