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  • Total US-Saudi Bilateral Trade Reaches Record-High $39 Billion in H1 2012
     

    Total bi-lateral trade between Saudi Arabia and the United States reached $39 billion in the first six months of 2012, a record high for any half to date.  Below are some key US-Saudi trade figures for the first half (H1) of 2012 provided to SUSTG by the Saudi Commercial Office at the Royal Embassy of […]

     
  • ‘A Disciplined Approach To Forward-Looking Policymaking’
     

    A recently released report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Saudi Arabia’s energy policy finds that the Kingdom is pursuing a “disciplined approach to forward-looking policymaking.” The report was published by Hisham Akhonbay, who is a visiting fellow with the Energy and National Security Program at CSIS from the King Abdullah Petroleum […]

     
  • Will Saudi Arabia become an oil importer by 2030?
     

    THIS was the question asked all of this past week all over the world. Thousands of stories were filed on the topic, following speculation by a Citigroup analyst that Saudi Arabia may start importing oil by 2030. According to that theory, by 2030, Saudi consumption of oil would outstrip production and we could be importing […]

     
  • Saudi Mortgage Law: Key Details Still to be Determined
     

    Saudi Arabia faces housing challenges caused by rapid population growth and an inflow of expatriate workers to the kingdom.

     
  • Property rents soar in Saudi Arabia, analyst report shows
     

    Residential property rents in Saudi Arabia’s main cities have increased by up to 15% in some locations in the first six months of the year. The latest analysis report from real estate consultants CBRE explains that an increasing population and a rapid rise in per capita GDP has led to soaring rents. There has been […]

     
  • Jadwa September 2012 Saudi Chartbook – Inflation
     

    Jadwa Investment’s recently released Saudi Charbook for the month of September 2012 found that the Saudi economic activity in July experienced a “modest slowdown of economic activity…with indicators of consumer spending and PMI slowing on the back of a seasonal trend.” However, Jadwa notes that the “healthy underlying economic momentum remains in place.” Below is a snapshot of […]

     
  • President Obama’s Envoy to Mecca Islamic Summit Shares Views
     

    A little known detail about last month’s Extraordinary Islamic Solidarity Summit in Mecca was the presence of an American diplomat representing President Barack Obama to the 56-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The special summit, which met on August 14-15, 2012, was called by King Abdullah to take up crises, conflicts and serious issues affecting […]

     
  • Saudi real estate market poised for new boom
     

    New programmes and the new mortgage system — approved by the cabinet in July and expected to take force in the next few weeks — will contribute to decreased land prices, realtors said. Land prices are expected to drop by 20%, especially in the central, eastern and western regions, according to realtors. Residential land prices […]

     
  • Jadwa September 2012 Chartbook – Construction Indicators
     

    Jadwa Investment’s recently released Saudi Charbook for the month of September 2012 found that the Saudi economic activity in July experienced a “modest slowdown of economic activity…with indicators of consumer spending and PMI slowing on the back of a seasonal trend.” However, Jadwa notes that the “healthy underlying economic momentum remains in place.” Below is a snapshot of […]

     
  • Mitt Romney on Foreign and Middle East Policy
     

    This [US election] year is different. There is relatively little attention to issues outside America’s borders – only four percent of Americans “consider foreign affairs much of an issue in this year’s campaign” according to Foreign Policy.com.  The sluggish economy – taxes, unemployment, deficits, thorny domestic issues and “personality” questions dominate the campaigns. With the […]

     

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  • The Bread-and-Butter Issues of Jobs and Taxes in the Gulf

    As Gulf governments accelerate domestic development agendas, local job creation and tax revenue are measurable indicators of economic policymaking success. Gulf citizens understand how employment status, salary, and tax liability affect their economic well-being, while it is much harder to determine the personal economic impact of foreign direct investment inflows. Expatriate workers and foreign investors can likewise calculate the costs associated with stricter requirements to employ local jobseekers and with new tax obligations. These two sensitive policy domains reflect the tricky tradeoffs associated with Gulf states’ development agendas.

  • Has Gaza Created Structural Impediments to Normalization?

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  • Saudi Ministry of Economy and Planning Hosts Sustainable Development Event at UNGA Week

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  • Commentary: Chinese Takeout in Saudi Arabia? You Bet

    The company is joining a growing fleet of businesses that see a bright future in the Gulf kingdom. In recent months, Chinese firms won multibillion-dollar contracts to build solar plants and mixed-use development projects. In exchange for a $2 billion investment, PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd. is establishing regional headquarters there in a deal that is expected to create 15,000 jobs locally. And last but not least, Hong Kong’s flagship airline Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. will start a new direct route to Riyadh in late October, pleasing Saudi officials who have been pitching the nascent tourism industry.

  • Why are the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia Key to the Expansion of Brazilian Agriculture?

    The diversification of Brazilian export destinations is crucial to reduce overdependence on a single market, such as China, which currently accounts for a significant share of Brazil’s exports. Although China is a critical trading partner, concentrating exports in a single market makes the country vulnerable to economic and political risks, such as oscillations in demand, changes in trade policies, and economic instability.