Saudi downturn deepened in Q2

Our GDP Tracker suggests that the downturn in the Saudi economy deepened in the second quarter and we expect GDP to fall at an even steeper pace over the second half of the year. Over 2017 as a whole, we expect the economy to contract by 1.0%.

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