Analysis

U.S.-SAUDI SECURITY COOPERATION

U.S to Transfer Four Gitmo Detainees to Saudi Arabia

• SUSTG Team
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• 1. 5. 2017

The United States will transfer four detainees to Saudi Arabia from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in the next 24 hours.

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  Another ‘Mixed Picture’ for Saudi Economy as Data Show Negatives on Consumer Spending, Inflation Down

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 3. 2017

• Public Health

  

  Outside Riyadh, Video Shows Making of Largest Tire ‘Doughnut’ Ever – and it’s Pink

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 29. 2016

  Just outside of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, someone created the biggest 'doughnut' ever according to the Guinness Book of World Records, and did so in the shape of a breast cancer ribbon.

• Fiscal Balance Program 2020

  

  Saudi Government Publishes New Overview of Economy Highlighting Balanced Budget Goal by 2020

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 28. 2016

  Saudi Arabia has published a new report entitled 'Fiscal Balance Program: Balanced Budget 2020' highlighting its goals to achieve a fiscal balance by the year 2020.

• Housing and Real Estate

  

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

  SUSTG Team  |  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.