Saudi Arabia : : Selected Issues

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (86 pages) : illustrations (color)
• Soggetto topico: Monetary policy - Saudi Arabia; Banks and Banking; Investments: Energy; Inflation; Labor; Macroeconomics; Energy: Demand and Supply; Prices; Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages; Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy; Demand and Supply of Labor: General; Price Level; Deflation; Electric Utilities; Labour; income economics; Investment & securities; Finance; Public finance & taxation; Energy prices; Oil prices; Fuel prices; Labor markets; Electricity; Commodities; Labor market; Economic policy; Electric utilities; Employment; Economic theory
• Soggetto geografico: Saudi Arabia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Sommario/riassunto: This Selected Issues paper assesses the importance of oil and interest rate spillovers for Saudi Arabia. Oil prices have fallen by more than 40 percent since mid-2014 while the Federal Reserve is expected in the coming months to begin raising its policy rate at the beginning of a gradual tightening cycle. Given the importance of oil to the economy and the peg of the riyal to the U.S. dollar, these are two key developments for Saudi Arabia. Although a temporary drop in oil prices would likely have little effect on the economy and banks given the financial cushions that have been built-up, a longer-lasting period of low oil prices would have a more significant impact.
• Titolo autorizzato: Saudi Arabia
• ISBN: 1-5135-2256-6; 1-5135-2520-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910796417603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; ; No. 2015/286