The International Monetary Fund (IMF) put forward estimates, independently according to its own criterions, however we disagreed with its estimates of our economy last year, because it was too low, while our own estimates and expectations of the Kingdom economic growth proved to be more accurate as the rate of growth was higher, the minister of finance Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf stated. For this year's growth estimates, he added, we disagree too with IMF estiamations on our rate of growth of 4.4 out of 10 points, indicating that the Kingdom rate of growth would be much more better, taking into consideratin the rating of the Kingdom creditworthiness by international rating agencies, he concluded. Al-Assaf was addressing the opening session of the Saudi Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) forum, taking place in Riyadh. -- More 21:32 LOCAL TIME 18:32 GMT تغريد
