Analysis

OIL MARKETS AND SAUDI FISCAL POLICY

Jadwa Investment: Oil Market Dynamics and Saudi Fiscal Challenges

• SUSTG Team
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• 12. 8. 2014

Images via Jadwa Investment

Dr. Fahad Alturki, Head of Research for Jadwa Investment, writes. "the recent OPEC’s decision not to cut output adds further uncertainty not only on the global oil market and the outlook for oil prices, but also on the outlook for the Kingdom’s fiscal policy."

• Oil Slump

  

  As Oil Dips Below $70, American Producers Wonder Where the Bottom Is and Eye an End to Export Ban

  Lucien Zeigler  |  12. 8. 2014

  In the United States, the shale oil sector is watching closely as markets respond to OPEC and Saudi Arabia's non-response to falling oil prices. What will be the price bottom for oil markets as production holds steady and global economies continue to stall.

• SAUDI-YEMEN

  

  With Houthi Gains in Yemen, Saudi Reportedly Pulls Aid

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 5. 2014

  Saudi Arabia has suspended most of its financial aid to Yemen in "clear indication of its dissatisfaction with the growing political power of Shi'ite Houthi fighters friendly with Riyadh's regional rival, Iran."

• Oil Slump

  

  Saudi Arabia Sees Oil Prices Stabilizing ‘Around $60 a Barrel’

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 4. 2014

  Saudi Arabia now believes oil prices could stabilize at around $60 a barrel, a level both it and other Gulf producers believe they could withstand, according to people familiar with the situation citied in a UPI report.

• Mobile Internet

  

  Smartphone Generation: The Overnight Mobile Internet Revolution in the MENA Region

  Khaldoon Tabaza  |  12. 1. 2014

  What is the single indicator related to the online market opportunity in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia that beats all other developed and developing countries? Almost everyone has a smartphone.

• Drifting in Saudi Arabia

  

  Legalized Drifting: 4-Round Saudi Car Drift to Begin Al-Ahsa

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 20. 2014

  At long last, one Saudi will be able to claim to be the best drifter in the Kingdom.

• Saudi Entrepreneur

  

  #FocusKSA: Saudi Student Turned Entrepreneur Walid Abdulwahab On His Experiences Running a Successful Business in the U.S.

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 18. 2014

  SUSTG President Richard Wilson spoke with Saudi entrepreneur, Walid Abdulwahab, a recent graduate of the University of Southern California and Founder and CEO of Desert Farms, a successful organic camel milk company in the United States.

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  SUSRIS: Saudi Oil Production “Crucial” to EIA 2015 Forecast

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 14. 2014

• #SaudiTBT

  

  #SaudiTBT: King Faisal Bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on the Tarmac of Le Bourget Airport in Paris, 1939

  Richard Wilson  |  11. 13. 2014

  Returning in March 1939 from the London Conference (St. James Palace Conference) which attempted to negotiate an agreement between Jews and Arabs in Palestine, Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud stands on the tarmac of Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France with members of his delegation.

• Investment

  

  Jadwa Investment’s November 2014 Saudi Chartbook finds Bank Lending to Private Sector Year-on-Year Highs

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 11. 2014

  Jadwa's November 2014 Chartbook shows bank lending to the private sector recorded its highest year-on-year growth at 13.2 percent and noted that economic data was positive for September.