Our GDP Tracker suggests that Saudi Arabia’s economy slowed further in Q2, to just 1.0% y/y, as the drag from the oil sector intensified. We think that GDP growth will be even softer in the coming months and we’re comfortable with our below-consensus forecast of 0.3% for 2019 as a whole.
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