Higher oil output to provide a boost to Saudi growth

Saudi Arabia’s recent commitment to maintain oil output at record levels means that our forecast for GDP growth this year is looking too pessimistic. We now expect the economy to expand by around 4.5% in 2012, but output will slow to 3.3% next year.

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