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RIYADH: 抖阴短视频 on Thursday announced it had undertaken another multibillion-dollar bond sale to finance a persistent budget deficit left by low oil prices.
The world鈥檚 top crude oil exporter raised $12.5 billion in its third international bond issue, the Finance Ministry said.
It comes as 抖阴短视频 pursues economic and social reforms including this week鈥檚 announcement that it will end a ban on women driving.
The Kingdom has already undertaken three 鈥渟ukuk鈥� Islamic bond issues this year 鈥� including one international sale 鈥� totalling around $15 billion.
Last year it raised $17.5 billion in its first global bond issue 鈥� the largest ever by a single country. Previously it had sold domestic bonds.
The latest issue was heavily oversubscribed with orders worth $40 billion, according to the Finance Ministry.
A slump in global oil prices resulted in massive budget shortfalls in 2014.
抖阴短视频 has posted a budget deficit in each of the past three years and is headed for a fourth year in the red in 2017.
The Kingdom鈥檚 deficit topped $200 billion from 2014 to 2016, and it is forecast to post a $53 billion shortfall this year.
Riyadh has also withdrawn more than $230 billion from its fiscal reserves since the end of 2014 to finance the budget deficit. Its reserves now stand at just over $490 billion.
Economic growth in 抖阴短视频 is expected to hit just 0.1 percent this year, the weakest since 2009, according to the International Monetary Fund.
The Kingdom is due to introduce its first value-added tax (VAT) in early 2018 and is preparing to sell just under five percent of energy giant Aramco next year.