Standard Chartered Bank expects Saudi Arabia's gross domestic product to contract by 4.5% year-on-year in 2020.


According to Reuters, previous forecasts were for a 5 percent growth, mainly due to agreed oil production cuts between two global crude producers.


The bank said in a statement that the UAE will witness a 4.5 percent drop in GDP this year, against a previous estimate of 1.4 percent growth.


He added that Kuwait's gross domestic product is expected to contract 6.3 percent, compared to a previous forecast for growth of one percent.