A period of fiscal austerity means that we expect the Gulf economies to slow this year, a view that not too long ago was non-consensus but is now relatively mainstream. Both the consensus and the IMF anticipate that growth in this part of the region will rebound in 2017, whereas we think it is likely to remain weak and could even slow further.
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