Saudi Arabia’s slowdown extends into Q2

Our GDP Tracker suggests that Saudi Arabia’s economy slowed further at the start of Q2 as the drag from the oil sector intensified and the recent pick-up in the non-oil sector started to peter out. We expect growth to slip further over the rest of this year and our forecasts lie below the consensus.

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