The IMF is targeting 7.6% growth for the Saudi economy this year, raising its forecast by 2.8%. The increase in oil production and export revenues fuel the Saudi economy. High oil prices will push Saudi Arabia’s economy into high-growth mode, more than doubling this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which raised its growth forecast for the Kingdom on Tuesday. The IMF is targeting 7.6% growth for the Saudi economy this year, raising its forecast by 2.8%. While much of this was attributed to multi-year-high oil prices, the IMF has also noted growth and expected further growth in non-oil revenues. “We raised our estimates of the growth rate of the Saudi economy by 2.8 percentage points, which reflects the increase in oil production in accordance with the OPEC+ agreement, in conjunction with the more non-oil output growth exceeding expectations,” the IMF said in its World Economic Outlook […]