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How SWFs take care of government funding The sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) of Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar have underpinned the ability of GCC economies to surmount the hurdles of lower oil prices and the coronavirus fallout, according to economists. These SWF assets are likely to have grown last year due to supportive market returns and oil price recovery in the fourth quarter, despite some governments using foreign assets and other deposits to cover government fund requirements. According to rating agency Fitch, estimated sovereign external assets of the SWFs of the UAE (Abu Dhabi), Kuwait and Qatar are sufficient to cover five to eight years of government spending and six to eight years of non-oil deficits at the current level of oil prices and government spending. ....
Dubai: The sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) of Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar have underpinned the resilience of their sovereign ratings and economies despite lower oil prices and the coronavirus shock, said Fitch Ratings. The SWF assets of these countries are likely to even increase in 2020 due to supportive market returns, despite governments using SWFs’ foreign assets and other deposits to cover government funding needs in 2020. The uplift to ratings from SWF assets has been stable or increasing despite larger fiscal and external deficits in 2020. The UAE, Kuwait and Qatar, SWF assets provide two to six notches of uplift to sovereign ratings by boosting sovereign net external asset positions, fiscal balances, and overall financing flexibility. Estimated sovereign external assets of these countries are sufficient to cover five to eight years of total government spending and six to eight years of non-oil deficits. ....