Saudi real GDP growth surges to 3.1pc in Q3
Riyadh, December 4, 2013
Saudi Arabia's gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, grew 3.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2013 from a year ago compared with a 2.7 per cent rise in the previous three months, the data from Central Department of Statistics showed on Wednesday.
Analysts polled by Reuters in September forecast economic growth of the world's top oil exporter to slow to 4.2 per cent in 2013 from 5.1 per cent last year.-Reuters