Saudi economy picking up at end of 2016, but set to slow in 2017

Our GDP Tracker suggests that the Saudi economy was on an improving trends towards the end of last year. But we expect growth to be slower this year compared with 2016 as weakness in the oil sector more than offsets a recovery in the non-oil economy.

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