MANAMA: Growth spillovers from Saudi Arabia to Bahrain are sizeable and significant, according to an IMF panel of experts.
A working paper titled Middle East and Central Asia (MCD) Saudi’s Growth and Financial Spillovers to Other GCC Countries: An Empirical Analysis authored by Olumuyiwa S Adedeji, Sohaib Shahid and Ling Zhu and published by IMF finds that a one per cent positive shock to Saudi Arabia’s non-oil real GDP is associated with a 0 .