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you are currently viewing::Saudi Arabia's Path Forward Amid Lower Oil PricesDecember 18, 2025-Next year will be pivotal for Saudi Arabia. The country is well placed to move beyond the favorable tailwinds of 2022-2024-when high oil prices and reform implementation facilitated the acceleration of Saudi Vision 2030-related spending-into a more challenging environment characterized by lower oil prices and rising financing needs. At the same time, Saudi Arabia is strategically shifting some of its spending priorities, with some of its investment focus moving toward AI and advanced technologies as part of its broader effort to diversify the economy. The resilience shown in 2025 underscores the progress already achieved in reducing the economy's exposure to oil fluctuations. Despite oil prices falling nearly 30 percent below their 2022 peak, the non-oil economy maintained strong momentum. Source: imf.org |
United Arab Emirates: Selected Issues
December 8, 2025-The economy has demonstrated broad resilience to global policy changes, including US dollar and interest rate movements, and volatility surges. The impact of global shocks on the UAE financial markets and capital flows has been smaller than for GCC and EM indices, reflecting strong investors' confidence.
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-Enhancing Resilience to Global Shocks: Economic Prospects and Policy Challenges for the GCC Countries
December 6, 2025-Despite the challenging external environment, the GCC economies have been resilient. Non-hydrocarbon activity has remained robust amid strong domestic demand supported by the reform momentum, limited spillovers from regional, as well as the modest direct impact of higher U.S. tariffs given the exemption of energy products and limited trade ties with the U.S.
