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Saudi Arabia’s recession deepens

Oil output cuts fuelled Saudi Arabia’s economic downturn in the first half of 2023 and the drag from the oil sector appears to have intensified more recently. Taking together with signs that activity in the non-oil sector is cooling, the Kingdom’s recession looks to have deepened in Q3.

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