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2016-01-29 Arabia

Kuwait Projects Record Deficit on Falling Oil Income

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Posted by Fred 2016-01-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top

#1 ...With $600B USD in reserves, I'm not too sad for the Kuwaitis.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2016-01-29 05:58|| 2016-01-29 05:58|| Front Page Top

#2 I foresee the need for potential cutbacks in Filipino domestic staffing, falcon hunts, and desert camping. Who knows where this could end.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-29 06:07|| 2016-01-29 06:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh,, I'm sure the US govt. will offer to offset the deficit.

Posted by chris 2016-01-29 07:58|| 2016-01-29 07:58|| Front Page Top

#4 "...Revenues were projected at 7.4 billion dinars, of which oil income is estimated at $19.1 billion or just 78 percent of the public revenue..."

seems to be a math problem or translation problem

Posted by lord garth 2016-01-29 14:40|| 2016-01-29 14:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Did the currency fluctuate from when the sentence started till when it ended?

Snark of the day.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-01-29 14:43|| 2016-01-29 14:43|| Front Page Top

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