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Saudi Arabia approves borrowing plan of $37bn for 2025
- January 7,2025
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- SUSTG Team
Finance Minister Mohammed Al Jadaan approved Saudi Arabia’s annual borrowing plan which estimates financing requirements of approximately $37 billion in 2025 to cover the expected budget deficit as well as about $10 billion in debt maturities.
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Major sporting events to be hosted by Saudi Arabia in 2025
- January 6,2025
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- SUSTG Team
With the Dakar Rally already underway from January 3 to January 17, Saudi Arabia has kicked off another year full of sporting events in 2025.
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Dakar Rally 2025 kicks off in Saudi Arabia!
- January 3,2025
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- SUSTG Team
The 47th edition of the Dakar Rally, the world’s most grueling motorsport event, will take place in Saudi Arabia January 3-17. This is the sixth consecutive year it has been held in the kingdom.
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Syrian Foreign Minister arrives in Saudi hoping to open a “new, bright page”
- January 2,2025
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- SUSTG Team
A high-level Syrian delegation, led by newly appointed Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday in its first official visit abroad.
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Argaam lists 45 key economic milestones for Saudi Arabia in 2024
- January 1,2025
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- SUSTG Team
From the Regional HQ Program to KSA’s winning FIFA World Cup bid to new listings on TASI and Nomu, Argaam offers 45 economic milestones for Saudi Arabia in 2024.
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British explorer to attempt to become first person to cross Saudi Arabia north to south on foot
- December 31,2024
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- SUSTG Team
On January 1, 2025 British explorer and TV presenter Alice Morrison will begin a five-month journey to become the first person to traverse Saudi Arabia on foot from the far north to the far south.
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Saudi’s ‘Year of the Camel’ draws to a close
- December 30,2024
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia named 2024 The Year of the Camel to promote international cultural exchange and highlight the traditional and ongoing relationship between Saudi society and camels.
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GCC FMs meet to coordinate on Syria and Lebanon
- December 27,2024
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- SUSTG Team
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) convened the 46th extraordinary meeting of the Ministerial Council in Kuwait to address ongoing events in the Syria and Lebanon.
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GASTAT Releases Health Status Publication for 2024
- December 26,2024
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- SUSTG Team
The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) released its 2024 Health Status Statistics Publication with 97.4% of adults (aged 15 and above) rating their health as good or better.
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National Center for Wildlife Releases 66 Endangered Species at King Khalid Royal Reserve
- December 24,2024
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s National Center for Wildlife has released 66 endangered species into the King Khalid Royal Reserve.
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Green Bonds Are Flourishing in the World’s Hydrocarbon Hub
In a region known for oil wells, tankers and sprawling natural-gas plants, green bonds might raise some eyebrows. But when Saudi Electricity Co. and Qatar National Bank sold notes this month designed to fund projects including environmentally friendly buildings, smart meters and infrastructure for distributing renewable power, investors piled in.
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Debt Maturities Loom As Gulf States Sell More Bonds
High sovereign debt levels in Gulf Arab states are neither unprecedented nor necessarily unmanageable. After the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the ratio of the small Gulf Arab state’s central government debt to gross domestic product soared to 151%. Saudi Arabia’s debt-to-GDP ratio reached approximately 103% in 1999 but dropped to 1.56% in 2014.
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Bahrain sells $2 billion in sukuk and bonds
Bahrain sold $2 billion in its second bond offering of the year on Wednesday, a dual-tranche issuance comprising seven-year sukuk, or Islamic bonds, and a 12-year conventional tranche. The small oil producer, which averted a credit crunch in 2018 with a $10 billion aid package from its Gulf neighbors, raised $2 billion in May to bolster finances battered by low oil prices and the coronavirus crisis.
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Saudi Arabia’s SABIC issues $1 billion in two-part bonds
Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), the world’s fourth-biggest petrochemicals firm, sold $1 billion in dual-tranche bonds on Thursday, as Gulf debt markets pick up after the summer break. SABIC sold $500 million of 10-year bonds and $500 million of 30-year Formosa bonds, a document issued by one of the banks leading the deal and seen by Reuters showed.
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Saudi Arabia redeems $9.13bln outstanding bonds
Saudi Arabia has completed an early redemption of a portion of outstanding bonds maturing in August, September, November, and December of this year worth SAR 34.26 billion, and further issued new Sukuk under its local Sukuk programme. The new Sukuk issuances include four tranches with a total value of SAR 34.645 billion, according to a press release.
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Saudi Arabia completes portion of outstanding bonds valued at of 34.26 bln riyals – ministry
Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the completion of an early redemption of a portion of outstanding bonds maturing in August, September, November and December of this year with a total value of 34.26 billion riyals ($9.14 billion).
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Saudi Arabia raises $2.26 bln in Islamic bonds, finance ministry says
Saudi Arabia has raised 8.495 billion riyals ($2.27 billion) in sukuk, or Islamic bonds, in June, the finance ministry said on Sunday. The first tranche of the sukuk issue is 2.494 billion riyals, and the total tranche size is 5.017 billion riyals, maturing in 2027, a ministry statement said.
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Saudi Arabia lowers holdings of US T-bonds
Saudi Arabia ranked 12th among the holders of US debt instruments on a list topped by Japan and China with $1.27 trillion and $1.08 trillion, respectively.
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Saudi Shares Drop While Bonds Gain After Austerity Measures
“These measures, beyond their practical impact, are a strong signal to the market that the kingdom is serious about getting its fiscal house in order. We would view this as a positive sign for the sovereign bonds.”
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Saudi dollar bonds post losses as investors brace for pain to come
Saudi government dollar bonds posted losses on Monday after the finance minister said Riyadh would have to take painful measures to deal with the impact of the coronavirus and Moody’s downgraded the country’s ratings outlook.
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