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IMF Says Saudi Buffers, Energy Backup Blunt Economic Blow

Bloomberg15 October 2026, 04:30 UTCSaudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s fiscal buffers and backup oil-export facilities are helping curb the damage to the Middle East’s largest economy from the Iran war, according to the International Monetary Fund.

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