Saudi Arabia Returns to Dollar-Debt Market to Boost Finances

  • Sale included $5 billion in 12-year, 40-year dollar securities
  • Saudi Arabia follows bond sales from Oman, Bahrain this month
Skyscrapers stand in the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) beyond an empty parking lot in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, July 28, 2020.Photographer: Maya Anwar/Bloomberg
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Saudi Arabia sold a two-part dollar bond as countries in the Gulf Arab region raise cash buffers to weather low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic.

The world’s largest crude exporter priced $5 billionBloomberg Terminal in bonds on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named.