The fact that Saudi Arabia is drawing down its foreign exchange reserves should come as little surprise given that the Kingdom is running a current account deficit and also facing sizeable capital outflows. This is likely to be the state of play for some time, although the pace of depletion should gradually ease in the coming years. Given the size of Saudi Arabia’s external buffer we expect the riyal’s dollar peg to remain intact at 3.75/US$.
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