claim: every time the price of gasoline rises 1 cent, "it's a billion dollars out of our economy that goes to saudi arabia."
author: tommy thompson
evidence_1: however, domestic consumption is on the rise as per saudi aramco's estimate. ...  saudi arabia could be a net importer of oil before its centennial anniversary in  2032. ... current speculations on oil prices rebounding to $50 dollars or above  are ... annual subsidies on oil and gas are costing the kingdom around $61  billion ...
evidence_2: the economy of saudi arabia is one of the top twenty economies in the world ( g20). it is dependent on oil as the country has the second-largest proven  petroleum reserves, and it's the largest exporter of petroleum in the world. it also  has the fifth-largest proven natural gas reserves and is considered an ... with a  total worth of us$34.4 trillion, saudi arabia has the second most ...
evidence_3: nov 16, 2018 ... the drop in oil and gas prices is likely to lift consumer spending and the ...  activate your account ... lifting consumption by a few billion dollars a month,  economists say. at the same time, sliding crude prices will hobble a resurgent  u.s. oil ... saudi arabia and the u.s. there are also concerns about slowing ...
evidence_4: nov 12, 2018 ... introduction: saudi to cut production by 500k barrels per day in ... oil prices rise  as saudi arabia signals production cut ... the euro to its doom - well, at least to a  17-month low against the dollar. ... three years ago we set out to make the  guardian sustainable by deepening our ... no one steers our opinion.
evidence_5: jun 28, 2018 ... oil prices surged to their highest level in more than three years on ... however, it  isn't clear that even a massive 1-million-barrel-per-day ... saudi arabia has  complied, promising to ramp up output to about 11 ... that raises the odds that  trump turns to the spr to head off higher oil prices. ..... $36 billion iqd.