oman’s 2017 budget projects deficit
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Oman on Sunday said it will need to borrow money from local and international markets as it announced its budget for 2017 with a projected deficit of around $7.7 billion.
A Finance Ministry statement said the sultanate, which like other oil-producing Gulf states has been hit by a cash crunch because of a sharp drop in oil prices, will also follow a policy of austerity.
It estimated the deficit will be 3 billion riyals or 12 percent of the country’s gross domestic product.
Oman will seek to borrow locally and abroad to finance 84 percent of the deficit, as well as dig into its foreign reserves to cover the remaining 16 percent, the statement said.
It projected revenues of around 8.7 billion riyals and estimated that government spending in 2017 would be 11.7 billion riyals, two percent less than in 2016.
The government will earmark 23 percent of the budget to education, health, social services and sectors that “directly” impact people’s daily lives, the statement said. It warned that public sector job creation in 2017 will be “limited.”
A total of 3.34 billion riyals is earmarked for defense and security.
Oman is a member of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) along with Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but is not a member of the Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Source: Arab News

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