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Oil dependent Saudi economy contracts 4.6% in Q3

by REUTERS

DUBAI Dec 17, 2020 - 11:46 am GMT+3
Newly constructed skyscrapers tower over a highway in the main financial hub, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 16, 2020. (AFP Photo)
Newly constructed skyscrapers tower over a highway in the main financial hub, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 16, 2020. (AFP Photo)
by REUTERS Dec 17, 2020 11:46 am

Saudi Arabia's economy shrank more slowly in the third quarter as the government eased some coronavirus restrictions, but the pandemic-hit oil sector continued to weigh on the broader economy, official data showed Thursday.

The economy shrank 4.6% in the third quarter, rebounding slightly from the 7% slump in the previous quarter but marked by declines in both the oil and non-oil sectors, the data showed.

Saudi Arabia is facing its worst economic decline in decades after the COVID-19 pandemic curbed global crude demand and measures to contain it also hurt other sectors.

The world's largest oil exporter said on Tuesday it expects the economy to shrink by 3.7% this year but to swing back to a growth of 3.2% next year.

"This negative growth originated mainly from the contraction in the oil sector by 8.2% and a negative growth rate of 2.1% recorded in the non-oil sector," the General Authority for Statistics said Thursday about the third-quarter data.

The private sector, the main focus in Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's plans to diversify the economy away from oil, shrank by 3.1%, while the government sector grew by 0.5%.

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