Saudis Fear Overheating Economy Could Slow Diversification from Oil

The world’s largest crude oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, is looking to prevent its economy from overheating and driving inflation higher as it aims to boost growth in its non-oil sector. Allowing more time to implement the massive investment projects under the Vision 2030 plan to diversify the oil-dependent economy could be a wise move, Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan said this week. “If you don’t allow your economy to catch up with your projects, basically what will happen is you’ll import a lot more,” the…