RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s structural shift toward non-oil revenue is strengthening its economic resilience, even as the Kingdom’s widening fiscal deficit and ambitious digital expansion create fresh funding needs, a new analysis showed. The government posted a SR160 billion ($42.7 billion) fiscal deficit in the first half of 2026, 71 percent higher than the SR93 billion deficit a year earlier, largely because of increased capital spending, S&P Glob…
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