Analysis

HOUSING AND REAL ESTATE

Saudi Housing Authorities to Set Up Online Portal to Increase Transparency and Resolve Renter, Landlord Disputes

• SUSTG Team
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• 12. 20. 2016

Saudi Arabia plans to set up a center to resolve disputes between tenants and landlords as authorities look to reform and modernize the way property is bought, sold, and leased in Saudi Arabia.

• Economy

  

  Monetary and Financial Developments in the Kingdom

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 15. 2016

  The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) has passed several measures to enhance liquidity in the domestic financial system, which has contributed to lowering the cost of funding, Jadwa Investment said in a report.

• Labor

  

  Mixed Picture for Saudi Labor Market as Unemployment in Kingdom Hits 4-Year High

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 12. 2016

  Saudi unemployment rose to a four-year high despite employment growth remaining positive, the Riyadh-based Jadwa Investment finds in a report on the Saudi labor market.

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  OPEC’s Oil Production Announcement Sends Prices Soaring, Raises Optimism for Reigning in Oversupply in 2017

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 6. 2016

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  Saudi Arabia Needs $53b in Water Investment as Sector Looks Toward Privatization

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 28. 2016

• OPEC Output Cuts

  

  Saudi, Russia Energy Ministers to Meet in Doha as Output Cut Deadline Looms

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 16. 2016

  Saudi Arabian and Russia energy ministers will meet in Doha, Qatar this week on the sidelines of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), industry sources quoted by the Wall Street Journal said. The meeting comes as OPEC and non-OPEC members try to seal an output cut deal agreed-to in September.

• SAMA Annual Report

  

  Saudi GDP to Grow at 1.8%, Central Bank Says in Annual Report

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 14. 2016

  The figure is higher than the IMF forecast of 1.2%.

• U.S.-Saudi

  

  Saudi King Salman Congratulates Trump

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 9. 2016

  Saudi King Salman on Wednesday congratulated Republican Donald Trump on winning the US presidency.

• Saudi Austerity

  

  CEDA Cancels $267 Billion in Projects

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 8. 2016

  Saudi Arabia's powerful Council of Economic and Development Affairs (CEDA) has cancelled projects valued at up to 1 trillion Saudi riyals ($266.7 billion).

• Saudi-Egypt

  

  Halt in Saudi Oil Shipments to Egypt Latest Indication of Worsening Relations

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 7. 2016

  State-owned oil company Saudi Aramco halted shipments of oil products to Egypt indefinitely, the latest indication that Egypt-Saudi relations are worsening since a visit by Saudi Arabia's King Salman to the country in March.