http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/g_20 Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:41:54 -0400 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:41:54 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/918/the-high-cost-of-living-in-saudi-arabia-growth-and-inflation-in-a-macroeconomic-perspective By Hammad S. Alhamad - Over the past decade Saudi Arabia witnessed high growth rates. In nominal terms, its growth from 2004 to 2013 was 13.4%, but in real terms the growth rate was 6.3%. By definition the difference between nominal and real value is inflation, because the real value of GDP is holding the GDP to a base year, and nominal value is the GDP in current terms. This implies high inflation in the economy because of the big difference between the nominal and real figures for Saudi Arabia. Morovere, almost half of the current growth reflects inflationary factors. In Figure 1 we can see the difference between... Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:45 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/918/the-high-cost-of-living-in-saudi-arabia-growth-and-inflation-in-a-macroeconomic-perspective http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1271/the-g-20-preempts-the-g-8-what-kind-of-world-economic-order By Shalendra D. Sharma - Few would disagree that the most significant development at the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh during September 24-25, 2009 was the formal acknowledgement of the changing of the guards. In the draft communiqué, President Barack Obama declared that from now on, the Group of 20 (G-20) will be the primary organization responsible for coordinating global economic policy. The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was more explicit, noting that “the old system of international economic cooperation is over. The new system, as of today, has begun... The G-20 is now the premier economic organization... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1271/the-g-20-preempts-the-g-8-what-kind-of-world-economic-order