石油收入下降拖累沙特经济增长下滑

中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯利雅德11月14日消息，沙特央行表示，今年沙特GDP预计增长1.8%，增速远低于去年的3.5%，这是因为沙特继续处于低油价导致的收入下降的困境中。

沙特央行在周一发布的年度报告中称，今年沙特的赤字将达到GDP的9.4%，创下历史最高纪录。

沙特国家新闻机构称，央行行长Ahmed al-Kholifey在向萨尔曼国王提交这份报告前表示：“经济增长受到了石油市场的现状、全球经济发展和中东地区整个经济环境的影响。”

他补充道：“因此今年上半年沙特经济增速同比仅增长了1.5%。”

沙特央行表示，沙特72%的收入来自于石油出口，但是自2014年中期油价开始大幅下跌以来，沙特经济已经受到了严重的冲击。

庞晓华摘译自道琼斯

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Saudi Growth Expected to Slide as Oil Revenues Decline

By Ahmed Al Omran

RIYADH-Saudi Arabia's gross domestic product is expected to grow 1.8% in 2016, down from 3.5% the previous year, its central bank said, as the kingdom continues to grapple with declining revenues due to low oil prices.

In its annual report released Monday, the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, as the central bank is known, said the country is projected to record a deficit of 9.4% of GDP.

"Economic growth was affected by the oil market situation, developments in the global economy and the general atmosphere in the region," said Ahmed al-Kholifey, governor of the central bank, before he presented the report to King Salman, according to the country's state news agency.

"Therefore the kingdom's economic growth in the first half of this year increased by 1.5% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year," he added.

The Saudi economy derives 72% of its revenue from oil exports, SAMA said, but it has been hit hard by the sharp drop in energy prices since the middle of 2014.