Analysis

GENERAL ABIZAID

General Abizaid Faces Tough Questions from U.S. Senators in Confirmation Hearing

• SUSTG Team
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• 3. 7. 2019

President Trump's choice for the next U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia faced tough questions from U.S. senators but defended the U.S.-Saudi relationship on Wednesday and said the United States needed "a strong and mature partnership with Saudi Arabia.”

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  Positives Seen in Latest Saudi Government Labor Market Data as Vision 2030 Reforms Take Hold

  SUSTG Team  |  3. 1. 2019

• Economy

  

  Analysis: Vision 2030 is Well Underway. Here’s What’s Needed to Make it a Success.

  Hussain Abusaaq  |  2. 25. 2019

  Vision 2030 was designed as a 14-year project; however, in its first three years, we have already seen tangible advances, such as fiscal consolidation efforts, the introduction of a value-added tax, and continued commitment toward implementing structural reforms.

• Saudi-India

  

  Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Arrives in India for Next Stop of Asia Tour

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 20. 2019

  Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in India for the second stop on a three-country tour of Asian nations as the Kingdom looks to boost relationships and trade opportunities in the East.

• Energy

  

  Al-Falih: ‘Going forward the world is going to be Saudi Aramco’s playground’

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 12. 2019

  In a new interview with the Financial Times, Saudi Arabia's powerful minister of energy, industry, and mineral resources Khalid Al-Falih indicated that Saudi Aramco would take on an active position as investor in resource opportunities outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

• Entertainment

  

  Ambitious Saudi Entertainment Push Announced by GEA’s Turki al-Sheikh

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 23. 2019

  Saudi Arabia is looking to maintain heavy investment in the entertainment sector in 2019, according to comments made by a top Saudi official, as it looks to make good on key Vision 2030 economic reforms.

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  Saudi Arabia, Other Gulf Nations to Join JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Emerging-Market Bond Indexes

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 18. 2019

• Energy

  

  Saudi Arabia Eyes Major Domestic Energy Conservation by 2030, Al Falih Says

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 15. 2019

  Saudi Arabia expects to throttle back domestic energy consumption by 2030 by up to the equivalent of 2m barrels of oil per day, in line with the Kingdom's Vision 2030 economic and social reform initiative, according to comments made by Khalid Al-Falih published by Reuters.

• Jadwa Investment

  

  A Gradual Pickup in Private Sector Lending in Saudi Arabia Seen in Monetary Update

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 11. 2019

  A recently-released report by Jadwa Investment finds a gradual pickup in private sector lending since April 2018 after showing a slowdown in 2017 and Q1 2018.

• Economy

  

  Saudi Arabia Seeks Balanced Budget by 2023 – Al Jadaan

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 20. 2018

  Saudi Arabia’s finance minister told Reuters on Wednesday he was "unconcerned with current oil prices impacting spending plans in 2019" and the government still aims to close its budget deficit by 2023 - though the target is not set in stone.