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Middle East and Central Asia > Saudi Arabia

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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Saudi Arabia: 2011 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund
Over the last few decades, the economy of Saudi Arabia has strengthened, as oil prices increased with the rebound in global economic activity. Despite this, vulnerabilities to a sustained decline in the oil price have increased. Executive Directors have commended the authorities for their continued stabilizing role in the oil markets. They have encouraged in creating more job opportunities for nationals and improving access to housing finance. They have encouraged the central bank to continue in strengthening the regulatory and supervisory framework.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; exchange rate; U.S. dollar; private sector activity; labor market; private sector; broad money growth; oil price; monetary policy rate; fiscal policy; oil sector; housing needs; Oil prices; Housing; Oil; Inflation; Global; Middle East
Cover IMF Working Papers
Regional Financial Integration in the GCC
Mr. Raphael A Espinoza
,
Mr. Oral Williams
, and
Mr. Ananthakrishnan Prasad
We investigate the extent of regional financial integration in the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The limited volume data available suggests that regional integration is non-negligible. Bahrain and Kuwait investments especially are oriented towards the region. The development of stock markets in the region will also improve the extent of financial integration. Interest rate data shows that convergence exists and that interest rate differentials are relatively short-lived-especially compared to the ECCU, another emerging market region sharing a common currency. Equities data using cross-listed stocks confirms that stock markets are fairly integrated compared to other emerging market regions, although financial integration is hampered by market illiquidity.
Keywords:
WP; GCC; Total GCC; price
Cover IMF Working Papers
The Housing Cycle in Emerging Middle Eastern Economies and its Macroeconomic Policy Implications
Samya Beidas-Strom
,
Weicheng Lian
, and
Ashwaq Maseeh
This paper examines housing finance and housing price dynamics in selected emerging Middle Eastern economies over the past two decades. It finds that (i) mortgage markets have experienced rapid development, which has led to lower private per capita consumer spending volatility this decade; (ii) a downward price correction occurred in the housing market after 2007, which appears to have bottomed out; (iii) the rental market appears to be largely determined by region-specific economic fundamentals-a youthful working-age population and wealth variables; and (iv) a segregation between self-owned house and rental price dynamics exists in this region, rendering the former more sensitive to the business cycle.
Keywords:
WP; price dynamics; rental price; determination mechanism; house price; housing price volatility
Cover Finance & Development
Finance & Development, March 1976
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
This paper highlights that agreement on an important package of reforms of vital significance to the future of the international monetary system was reached at a meeting of the Interim Committee of the Board of Governors of the IMF on the International Monetary System in Kingston, Jamaica, on January 7–8, 1976. The reforms include a substantial quota increase for almost all members, as well as an increase in access to the IMF’s resources for all member countries in the period prior to implementation of the increase in their IMF quotas, and some other amendments.
Keywords:
FD; F&D; country; land pollution; world conference; tax haven; dollar; developed country; tax haven country; State budget; Tax avoidance; Housing; International reserves; Global; Middle East; Africa; Asia and Pacific; North America; Europe