油价暴跌致沙特前4个月外汇储备减少490亿美元

据国外媒体6月3日利雅得报道，沙特阿拉伯Jadwa投资公司日前在一份报告中表示，由于世界油价大幅下滑，沙特阿拉伯的外汇储备在今年前4个月里大幅减少了490亿美元。

在过去10年里由于高油价累积起来的外汇储备到今年4月底已从2014年底的7320亿美元减少到了6830亿美元。

报告说，单单3月份和4月份，沙特阿拉伯的外汇储备就减少了310亿美元。

Jadwa投资公司还预计沙特阿拉伯王国今年的预算赤字将从去年政府预测的390亿美元增加到1077亿美元。

报告说，导致沙特阿拉伯外汇储备减少的主要原因是石油收入从去年的2850亿美元减少到了1718亿美元以及支出继续保持高位。

国际货币基金组织在上个月发表的地区经济展望报告中估计平衡沙特预算所需的油价应在每桶100美元以上。

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原文如下：

KSA- Reserves slip 49bn on oil

Arab News

03/06/2015

RIYADH: Foreign currency reserves dropped by 49 billion in the first four months of 2015 following the dive in world oil prices Jadwa Investment said in a report Monday.

The reserves piled up in the past decade due to high crude prices dropped from 732 billion at the end of 2014 to 683 billion at the end of April it said.

In March and April alone the reserves dipped 31 billion it added.

Jadwa also forecast that the Kingdom would post a budget deficit of 107.7 billion in 2015 compared with government projections of 39 billion.

This is mainly due to a 39-percent decline in oil revenues to 171.8 billion from 285 billion last year while spending remains high.

In its regional economic outlook last month the International Monetary Fund estimated the oil price necessary to balance the Saudi budget at over 100 a barrel.