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...Now Jadwa Investment, a Riyadh-based investment house, has more to add to this worrying picture....
...Brad Bourland, chief economist at Jadwa, an investment house in Riyadh, predicted in a note to clients that “unless the [Saudi] government takes measures to reduce spending . . . we assume this breakeven...
..., chief economist at Jadwa Investment....
...Brad Bourland, chief economist at Jadwa Investment, estimates that the problems of Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Brothers Co (AHAB) and Saad Group, which is owned by Maan Al-Sanea, the Saudi billionaire, have...
...The economy in early 2009, with high oil prices and high inflation, was starting to overheat in some areas, so I think the picture for 2010 is very benign,” says Brad Bourland, chief economist at Jadwa Investment...
...For Jadwa Investment, commercial real estate was, with natural resources, the most appealing investment opportunity, Prince Faisal told the Financial Times in an interview....
...Brad Bourland is chief economist at Jadwa Investment, Riyadh...
...Brad Bourland, chief economist at Jadwa Investment in Riyadh, said that the council’s advice was also unlikely to lead to any adjustment....
...Brad Bourland, chief economist at Saudi-based Jadwa Investment, said in a recent report that a revaluation of the riyal by 15 per cent or more would have a “clear and immediate” impact on inflation....
...But that reflects the rate itself, not underlying policy of the peg itself to the dollar,” said Brad Bourland, chief economist at Jadwa Investment....
...Brad Bourland, head of research at Riyadh-based Jadwa Investment, said the Saudis wanted prices at a level that would not harm the world economy or stimulate too much investment in alternative energy....
...Brad Bourland, chief economist with Saudi Arabia’s Samba Financial Group, says the Gulf is now entering a second phase of the five-year oil boom – the first phase saw oil prices triple and then stabilise...
...Investment groups, however, remain cautiously positive, saying the lessons of the previous year are slowly being taken on board....
...“Four years into the first oil boom, the country had a current account deficit, so although revenue grew tremendously in the 1970s, imports also shot up,” Mr Bourland says....
...Brad Bourland, chief economist at Samba, the Saudi bank, cites an estimate that 200,000-500,000 Saudis suffered losses on the stock market, having bought shares at the peak....
...There is a lot of money chasing a few shares in a few companies,” says Brad Bourland, senior economist at Samba bank in Riyadh....
...The result is an unprecedented surge of inward investment in the Middle East. "It is what we call the unfortunate positive side of 9/11," said one Saudi financial analyst....
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