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  • Total US-Saudi Bilateral Trade Reaches Record-High $39 Billion in H1 2012
     

    Total bi-lateral trade between Saudi Arabia and the United States reached $39 billion in the first six months of 2012, a record high for any half to date.  Below are some key US-Saudi trade figures for the first half (H1) of 2012 provided to SUSTG by the Saudi Commercial Office at the Royal Embassy of […]

     
  • Will Saudi Arabia become an oil importer by 2030?
     

    THIS was the question asked all of this past week all over the world. Thousands of stories were filed on the topic, following speculation by a Citigroup analyst that Saudi Arabia may start importing oil by 2030. According to that theory, by 2030, Saudi consumption of oil would outstrip production and we could be importing […]

     
  • Saudi Mortgage Law: Key Details Still to be Determined
     

    Saudi Arabia faces housing challenges caused by rapid population growth and an inflow of expatriate workers to the kingdom.

     
  • Property rents soar in Saudi Arabia, analyst report shows
     

    Residential property rents in Saudi Arabia’s main cities have increased by up to 15% in some locations in the first six months of the year. The latest analysis report from real estate consultants CBRE explains that an increasing population and a rapid rise in per capita GDP has led to soaring rents. There has been […]

     
  • Jadwa September 2012 Saudi Chartbook – Inflation
     

    Jadwa Investment’s recently released Saudi Charbook for the month of September 2012 found that the Saudi economic activity in July experienced a “modest slowdown of economic activity…with indicators of consumer spending and PMI slowing on the back of a seasonal trend.” However, Jadwa notes that the “healthy underlying economic momentum remains in place.” Below is a snapshot of […]

     
  • Jadwa September 2012 Chartbook – Construction Indicators
     

    Jadwa Investment’s recently released Saudi Charbook for the month of September 2012 found that the Saudi economic activity in July experienced a “modest slowdown of economic activity…with indicators of consumer spending and PMI slowing on the back of a seasonal trend.” However, Jadwa notes that the “healthy underlying economic momentum remains in place.” Below is a snapshot of […]

     
  • Mitt Romney on Foreign and Middle East Policy
     

    This [US election] year is different. There is relatively little attention to issues outside America’s borders – only four percent of Americans “consider foreign affairs much of an issue in this year’s campaign” according to Foreign Policy.com.  The sluggish economy – taxes, unemployment, deficits, thorny domestic issues and “personality” questions dominate the campaigns. With the […]

     
  • Jadwa September 2012 Saudi Chartbook – Real Economy
     

    Jadwa Investment’s recently released Saudi Charbook for the month of September 2012 found that the Saudi economic activity in July experienced a “modest slowdown of economic activity…with indicators of consumer spending and PMI slowing on the back of a seasonal trend.” However, Jadwa notes that the “healthy underlying economic momentum remains in place.” Below is a snapshot of […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia breaks onto contemporary art scene
     

    Saudi Arabia is making its mark on the global contemporary art scene: works by Middle Eastern artists such as Talal Al Zeid and Mohammed Farea are available at Lam Art Gallery in Riyadh, the Empty Quarter photography gallery in Dubai was founded by the Saudi photographer Princess Reem Al-Faisal, while Message/Messenger, a 2010 installation incorporating […]

     
  • For GCC, a Challenge Within Reach: The Gulf Rail Network
     

    Railways have never been the preferred mode of transportation in the Gulf, neither for passengers nor for goods, for geographic reasons and, mostly, due to the affordable prices of fuel for road transportation. But in the next few years, and in order to boost trade, Gulf countries are expected to spend more than $100 billion on rail […]

     

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