Saudi Arabia’s flash GDP estimate showed that the economy fell into a technical recession on the back of oil output cuts, whereas the non-oil economy continued to post robust growth. With the Kingdom’s voluntary 1mn bpd oil output cut set to be extended at this week’s OPEC+ meeting, there is a growing possibility that the economy contracts over this year as a whole.
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