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Saudi: fresh political shock and oil prices key risks to watch

The fallout from the disappearance of Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, has supposedly shifted investors’ attention to the Saudi government’s rising debt burden, but we think that these concerns are overdone. Investors should, instead, be prepared for another political shock as well as a renewed drop in oil prices.

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