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Saudi-Turkish Business Forum Helps Boost Economic Ties

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Saudi-Turkish Business Forum Helps Boost Economic Ties

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The Saudi-Turkish Business Forum and Turkish Products Fair was held on March 4, 2024 at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center, SPA said on Tuesday.
The Riyadh Chamber of Commerce hosted the forum.
Saudi Minister of Commerce Majid Al-Qasabi emphasized the strong relations between Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, and the potential for increased collaboration.
He highlighted Saudi Arabia's "unprecedented transformation", driven by the "wise leadership, an ambitious vision, and a population of which 80% are young people".
The Minister also said that the Kingdom's vast oil and mineral resources, estimated at $1.5 trillion, are contributing significantly to its ongoing transformation.
Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih met with representatives of Turkish construction companies and highlighted the growing Saudi economy and the numerous investment opportunities, particularly in the construction sector, valued at $152 billion.
The targeted capital expenditure exceeded $3.3 trillion from 2022 to 2030, he said, reiterating that potential construction contracts range from $1.6 trillion to $$1.8 trillion.
Turkish Minister of Trade Omer Bolat emphasized the forum's significance to bolstering trade and economic ties between the two nations. He highlighted the $6.2 billion trade volume achieved in 2023, and expressed optimism for further growth.
He also underlined the Turkish companies' keenness to capitalize on investment opportunities arising from Saudi Vision 2030.
Second Vice Chairman of the Riyadh Chamber Naif Al-Rajhi emphasized the forum's role in building on the partnerships established at the Saudi-Turkish Business Forum held in Istanbul last October, which resulted in several cooperation agreements.
The forum concluded with the signing of new agreements between Saudi and Turkish companies.

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FILE PHOTO: A sailboat passes by the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, in New York City, US, September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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The American economy grew at a healthy 3.1% annual clip from July through September, propelled by vigorous consumer spending and an uptick in exports, the government said in an upgrade to its previous estimate.
Third-quarter growth in US gross domestic product — the economy's output of goods and services — accelerated from the April-July rate of 3% and continued to look sturdy despite high interest rates, the Commerce Department said Thursday. GDP growth has now topped 2% in eight of the last nine quarters.
Consumer spending, which accounts for about two-thirds of US economic activity, expanded at a 3.7% pace, fastest since the first quarter of 2023 and an uptick from Commerce’s previous third-quarter estimate of 3.5%, The Associated Press reported.
Exports climbed 9.6%. Business investment grew a lackluster 0.8%, but investment in equipment expanded 10.8%. Spending and investment by the federal government jumped 8.9%, including a 13.9% surge in defense spending.
American voters were unimpressed by the steady growth under Democratic President Joe Biden. Exasperated by prices that remain 20% higher than they were when an inflationary surge began in early 2021, they chose last month to send Donald Trump back to the White House with Republican majorities in the House and Senate.
Trump will inherit an economy that looks healthy overall. The unemployment rate remains low at 4.2% even though it is up from the 53-year low 3.4% reached in April 2023. Inflation hit a four-decade high 9.1% in mid-2002. Eleven interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve in 2022 and 2023 helped bring it down — to 2.7% last month. That is above the Fed's 2% target. But the central bank still felt comfortable enough with the progress against inflation to cut its benchmark rate Wednesday for the third time this year.
Within the GDP data, a category that measures the economy’s underlying strength rose at a solid 3.4% annual rate from July through September, an upgrade from the previous estimate and up from 2.7% in the April-June quarter. This category includes consumer spending and private investment but excludes volatile items like exports, inventories and government spending.
Wednesday’s report also contained some encouraging news on inflation. The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge — called the personal consumption expenditures index, or PCE — rose at just a 1.5% annual pace last quarter, down from 2.5% in the second quarter. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core PCE inflation was 2.2%, up modestly from the previous estimate but down from 2.8% in the April-June quarter.
Thursday's report was the Commerce Department's third and final look at third-quarter GDP. It will publish its initial estimate of October-December growth on Jan. 30.