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Saudi Posts Record Deficit Amid Oil Slump

The severe drop in oil prices and a strengthening dollar have made the peg less attractive and Riyadh has been using its foreign exchange reserves to prop up its budget and support the peg.

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Saudi Arabia will see an increase of 50 percent in petrol prices, as a range of subsidies will also be cut, after posting a record budget deficit.

Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, is cutting its dependence on oil revenue due to the slump in crude prices while boosting production to defend its market share.

Saudi electricity and water bills are set for a sharp rise following Monday’s cabinet approval of the first of a series of comprehensive economic, fiscal, and structural reforms amid low oil prices.

Falling oil revenues arising from the long-lasting strategy by the Opec oil producer cartel to suppress oil prices have led to the state deficit swelling to 367 billion riyals ($97.9bn) in 2015, around 15% of GDP. “This signals that the Saudis are ready for the new market reality in 2016”, Sfakianakis said. This is a huge deal because oil revenues make up 77% of the country’s total revenue.

But Saudi economist Abdulwahab Abi-Dahesh said much more needed to be done.

The kingdom has announced a raft of public spending cuts after it logged a record $98 billion deficit in 2015.

This is the first budget under King Salman, who ascended to the throne in January, and for an economic council dominated by his increasingly powerful son, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Salman.

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“This is the beginning of the end of the era of free money”, said Mr Ghanem Nuseibeh, founder of London-based consulting firm Cornerstone Global Associates.

Saudi oil revenue down 23 percent