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Saudi's Finance Ministry has also suspended the
of living allowance in a
support the economy. This is paid to state employees to help with
prices and more expensive
. The Finance Minister said: "These measures are painful but
to maintain financial and economic
over the medium to long term...and to overcome the
coronavirus crisis with the least
possible." A Gulf expert said the measures would impact
and could lower revenues. He said Saudi needs pro-growth
, not pro-austerity ones.
