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OPEC deal means weaker growth in the Gulf in 2019

The deal reached by OPEC to reduce oil output means that the economic slowdown in the Gulf that we had expected from the middle of next year will now occur earlier and be more severe. Accordingly, we are revising down our GDP growth forecasts for 2019.

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