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Saudi Arabia Eyes $55 billion by 2025 Through Privatization Program, Al Jadaan Says
- May 25,2021
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Saudi Arabia hopes to raise about $55 billion over the next four years with a revitalized privatization program, the country’s finance minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan told the London-based Financial Times in an interview published over the weekend.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan Speak by Phone to Discuss Coronavirus, Economic Recovery
- February 18,2021
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- SUSTG Team
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan discussed the coronavirus pandemic and other issues during a call on Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury Department said. The call is the first between the two finance chiefs after Yellen’s approval as President Joe Biden’s Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.
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Saudi Arabia to End Contracts with Foreign Companies Without a Regional HQ in the Kingdom After 2023
- February 16,2021
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Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that it will stop signing contracts with foreign companies from 2024 unless their regional headquarters are based in the Kingdom, part of a push to give more of the Kingdom’s economic opportunities to countries that will hire local talent and compete with neighboring cities in other Gulf nations.
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Saudi Arabia Unveils 2021 Fiscal Budget with Spending Reductions, Eying Economic Rebound
- December 16,2020
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Saudi Arabia unveiled a new budget for the 2021 year, cutting spending to rein in a fiscal deficit brought on by a lower oil prices in 2020 and adjusting the Kingdom’s fiscal strategy to a post-Coronavirus pandemic era.
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Saudi Arabia Hosts First G20 in Middle East; Leaders Pledge Collective Action on Coronavirus
- November 23,2020
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Leaders of the G20 nations, the world’s largest economies, concluded their two-day virtual summit this weekend hosted by Saudi Arabia offering pledges to cooperate on the Coronavirus pandemic, the global economic recovery, energy and climate change, and women’s empowerment. The nations succeeded in sending a message of “hope and reassurance to their citizens and the global community,” Saudi […]
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Road to the G20: G20 Leader’s Summit Publication Released Ahead of Virtual 2020 Summit
- November 20,2020
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- SUSTG Team
Organizers of the G20 in Riyadh released the summit’s Annual Publication ahead of the G20 leadership summit, beginning tomorrow and taking place virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Saudi Arabia as host has prioritized empowering people, safeguarding the planet and shaping new frontiers as themes for this year’s event, the first G20 to be chaired by a nation […]
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Road to the G20: Saudi Arabia Set to Host Main Leaders’ Summit this Weekend
- November 19,2020
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Saudi Arabia is set to host the G20 Leaders Summit this weekend, the main event involving the heads of the 20 nations chaired virtually by the Kingdom due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Will the 2020 G20 Meeting in Saudi Arabia be Virtual? Kingdom Holds Off on Final Decision for Now
- July 22,2020
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Saudi Arabia’s finance minister said on Wednesday that no final decision has been made on whether the G20 leaders summit will be physical or virtual and the Kingdom is still considering the matter, according to Reuters.
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Saudi Arabia’s Al-Jadaan Announces New Measures to Shore Up Kingdom’s Finances
- May 11,2020
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Saudi Arabia is taking new austerity measures to cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices, announcing that it would triple its VAT and slash a cost-of-living allowance for government workers, according to reports and comments from the Kingdom’s finance minister H.E. Mohammed Al-Jadaan.
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Saudi Arabia Taps Foreign Reserves to Weather Coronavirus Crisis
- April 29,2020
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Saudi Arabia’s central bank foreign reserves fell in March at their fastest rate in at least 20 years and to their lowest since 2011, Reuters reports, as the Kingdom draws down on reserves to weather the Coronavirus crisis and keep citizens and residents safe.
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Jadaan Says Measures to Boost Saudi Public Finances: Transcript
So between the reduction in spending, the efficiencies we are putting into the system, the savings we are making in any case because of the lockdown, because people are not traveling, because we are not training people abroad, because we are not spending on sports activities, entertainment activities and tourism promotion -- there are a lot of savings there in any case.
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Saudi Arabia appoints Al Jadaan as minister of economy
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia tasked minister of finance Muhammad Al Jadaan with overseeing the economy and planning ministry, relieving Muhammad Al Tuwaijri from his post, state news agency SPA said on Thursday.
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Full Interview: Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al Jadaan
While Saudi Arabia “stands ready” to support Lebanon, it wants to see a reform plan first, Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al Jadaan told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble in Riyadh at the G-20 Summit.In a wide-ranging interview, Al Jadaan also discussed tourism in the kingdom and the coronavirus outbreak.
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Saudi ReservesMohammed al-Jadaan rejects claims Saudi Arabia is running short on cash
Speaking to CNBC in Riyadh after Monday’s budget announcement, Al-Jadaan stated that the kingdom currently held the third-largest pot of foreign cash reserves in the world. He added that it had “significant funds” and a “lot of assets” were at the country’s disposal.
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InvestmentWall Street is looking for opportunities in Saudi Arabia says Mohammed Al-Jadaan
The finance minister of Saudi Arabia told CNBC that a recent fall off in foreign investment to his country will end as Wall Street money was now “looking for opportunities.” Speaking to CNBC’s Hadley Gamble on Thursday, Mohammed Al-Jadaan, said the financial conference held in Riyadh this week which was attended by high-profile figures from HSBC, J.P. Morgan and BlackRock, showed that foreign investment was ready to make a return.
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Mohammad Al-JadaanFaceOf: Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Saudi Finance Minister
He has been finance minister since November 2016. Before this, Al-Jadaan served as chairman of the Capital Markets Authority, chairman of the board of directors of the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration and special adviser to the board of directors at Morgan Stanley Saudi Arabia.
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Finance Minister InterviewCNBC Interview with Saudi Arabia’s Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan
I think, if you look at the announcement of the budget for 2018, it is an expansionary budget. We are spending a lot on infrastructure, we are spending a lot on what matters for the private sector, also.
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Vision 2030Saudi Arabia in midst of ‘unprecedented transformation’ – Al-Jadaan
Saudi Arabia’s minister of finance has praised the kingdom’s efforts to meet goals set by Vision 2030, and said that the country is witnessing transformative change.
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Ministers Sworn InNewly-appointed Saudi Ministers Al-Assaf and Al-Jadaan sworn in
Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, the newly-appointed minister of state and cabinet member; and Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan appointed as minister of finance, swore the oath to be sincere to the religion, the king and the homeland, not to divulge a secret of the state’s secrets, to maintain its interests and regulations, and to perform duties honestly and sincerely, in front of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at Al-Yamamah Palace.
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Capital Market AuthorityEuromoney Riyadh: What is the CMA, What about QFI? – Jadaan
The major restructuring of the Saudi government that accompanied the ascension of King Salman in January brought Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Jadaan into office as President of the Capital Market Authority. This week the new leader of the CMA spoke with Richard Banks at the Euromoney Conference in Riyadh
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