{
  "id": 17760875,
  "title": "Saudi non-oil activities grow 1.9% in Q3 2026 despite overall GDP decline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/saudi-non-oil-activities-grow-1-9-in-q3-2026-despite-overall-gdp",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-02T06:01:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Saudi Gazette",
    "slug": "saudi-gazette",
    "url": "https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/665919/saudi-arabia/saudi-non-oil-activities-grow-19-in-q3-2026-despite-overall-gdp-decline"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s non-oil activities grew by 1.9 percent year-on-year in the Q3 of 2026, despite a 3.8 percent decline in the Kingdom’s real gross domestic product (GDP), according to the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT). The authority’s preliminary estimates showed that the overall GDP decline was driven by a 20.4 percent contraction in oil activities and a 2.7 percent decrease in…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}