Payments to Government Contractors as the slump in oil prices pushes the country into a deficit for the First Time Since 2009. Francine that is according to three people with knowledge of the matter. They say the Infrastructure Projects have been waiting six months for payment as the government seeks to preserve cash. Manus lets get straight to the middle east and bring in our finance reporter, matthew martin. Good day. Let us through what these measures are run us through what these measures are. They say they are delaying paying contractors give us in context. It is important to remember that saudi arabia going into this period of time with very low debt and huge reserves, but as it comes to the realization that the oil price leave staying at this sort of thel for the mediumterm, government is starting to take some measures to try and reduce the spending levels as it starts to work out what sort of Government Spending, what sort of budget it can sustain Going Forward into the future.