據彭博社1月24日報道，沙特阿拉伯計劃今年保持其整體債務水平穩定，借款主要集中在430億里亞爾（114億美元）的債務再融資上，因為油價上漲和經濟增長的反彈使國庫充滿了盈余現金。

國家債務管理中心周日在其網站上發表的一份聲明中表示，該國可能會考慮通過國內或國際市場提供額外資金。根據2022年借款計劃， 可能會探索 “非美元計價的國際發行”，盡管到2022年底，公共債務預計將保持在9380億里亞爾，或預期國內生產總值的25.9%。

以歐元計價的未償債務目前約占該國整體投資組合的2%。2022年國內和國際債務的比例將與去年“基本持平”。

沙特阿拉伯計劃在2022年實現八年來的首次預算盈余，同時實現2011年以來最快的經濟增長，因為較高的油價和產量提升了這個世界上最大原油出口國的財政狀況。

政府預計將實現900億里亞爾的盈余，比早先制定到2023年實現預算平衡的計劃提前了12個月。

王佳晶 摘譯自 彭博社

原文如下：

Saudi Arabia Plans To Keep Debt Stable as Oil Income Surges

Saudi Arabia plans to keep its overall debt level stable this year with borrowing largely focused on 43 billion riyals ($11.4 billion) in debt refinancing, as rising oil prices and rebounding growth fill state coffers with surplus cash.

The kingdom may consider additional funding through domestic or international markets, the National Debt Management Center said in a statement published on its website Sunday. Depending on market conditions, it “may explore” a non-dollar denominated international issuance, according to the 2022 borrowing plan, though public debt is expected to remain at 938 billion riyals by the end of 2022, or 25.9% of expected gross domestic product.

Euro-denominated outstanding debt is currently around 2% of the kingdom’s overall portfolio. This year’s split between domestic and international debt will be “largely unchanged” from last year, it added.

Saudi Arabia plans to deliver its first budget surplus in eight years in 2022, along with the fastest economic growth since 2011, as higher oil prices and production volumes boost the finances of the world’s largest crude exporter. The government expects to record a surplus of 90 billion riyals, putting it 12 months ahead of an earlier plan to balance the budget by 2023.