Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi foreign minister, delivered the kingdom’s message personally last month during a trip to Washington, telling lawmakers that Saudi Arabia would be forced to sell up to $750 billion in treasury securities and other assets in the United States before they could be in danger of being frozen by American courts.
Several outside economists are skeptical that the Saudis will follow through, saying that such a sell-off would be difficult to execute and would end up crippling the kingdom’s economy. But the threat is another sign of the escalating tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United States.
NAR: Pending Home Sales Increase 1.6% in February; Down 7.0% Year-over-year
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From the NAR: Pending Home Sales Rose 1.6% in February
*Pending home sales in January grew 1.6%*, according to the National
Association of REALTORS®. The M...
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