据道琼斯12月30日消息,阿曼信息部表示,从明年1月中旬开始,阿曼油价将根据全球价格进行改变。报告没有明确价格将如何进行改变,但是日益下跌的油价已经冲击阿曼的经济,因为阿曼对国内消费者较高的燃料补贴,因此可以推测补贴将削减。信息部表示,政府计划削减明年预算中的支出,而且将减少对石油行业的依赖度。这些计划推出的措施包括增加企业所得税。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Oman Follows Saudi in Oil Subsidies Cut
Oil prices in Oman will be altered according to global prices from mid-January next year, Oman's Ministry of Information says. The report does not specify how the price will be amended but falling oil prices have harmed Oman's economy because of heavy state subsidies for fuel domestic consumers, so presumably those will be trimmed. The ministry says the government plans to decrease its expenditure in next year's budget and shift dependency away from the oil sector. This includes increasing corporate income tax.