The coronavirus crisis has caused domestic demand across the Gulf to slump and deflation is likely to persist, with the key exception of Saudi Arabia. Most places are well placed to deal with the negative repercussions of deflation and, if anything, deflation could be exactly what is needed for the Gulf economies to improve external competitiveness within the confines of the their dollar pegs.
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