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What has buoyed hydrocarbon prices, according to the text?
What has buoyed hydrocarbon prices, according to the text?
- Luring Asia and mending ties with Israel
- Recycling proceeds in Western capital markets
- Military aid from America
- War and sanctions (correct)
What did fuel exporters traditionally do during previous booms, as mentioned in the text?
What did fuel exporters traditionally do during previous booms, as mentioned in the text?
- Woo the White House
- Deepen crude-output cuts
- Recycle the proceeds in Western capital markets (correct)
- Buy oil from Saudi Arabia
What was the unspoken agreement between America and Saudi Arabia and friends, as per the text?
What was the unspoken agreement between America and Saudi Arabia and friends, as per the text?
- America would offer military aid and buy oil from Saudi Arabia and friends (correct)
- Saudi Arabia and friends would deepen crude-output cuts
- America would deepen crude-output cuts for Saudi Arabia and friends
- Saudi Arabia and friends would offer military aid and buy oil from America
What is one reason why Uncle Sam is considered to be a less watchful partner, according to the text?
What is one reason why Uncle Sam is considered to be a less watchful partner, according to the text?
What angered America, as mentioned in the text?
What angered America, as mentioned in the text?
What do Gulf states feel freer to do, as per the text?
What do Gulf states feel freer to do, as per the text?
What is the primary reason for Saudi National Bank's loss in investment in Credit Suisse?
What is the primary reason for Saudi National Bank's loss in investment in Credit Suisse?
Who is getting less of the oil windfall, according to the text?
Who is getting less of the oil windfall, according to the text?
What is the focus of ADQ's investments, as per the text?
What is the focus of ADQ's investments, as per the text?
What is becoming harder to see due to the shifts in sovereign-wealth funds' strategies?
What is becoming harder to see due to the shifts in sovereign-wealth funds' strategies?
Who has been made chairman of both ADIA and ADQ?
Who has been made chairman of both ADIA and ADQ?
What is a growing trend in how 'family offices' manage private wealth?
What is a growing trend in how 'family offices' manage private wealth?
What is a concern for the West arising from the blurring line between ruling families' personal wealth and that of the sovereign?
What is a concern for the West arising from the blurring line between ruling families' personal wealth and that of the sovereign?
What industry does Mubadala deem core to its security in its investment approach?
What industry does Mubadala deem core to its security in its investment approach?
Where do financial sleuths suspect a share of Russia’s oil earnings is being deposited?
Where do financial sleuths suspect a share of Russia’s oil earnings is being deposited?
'More geopolitically astute petrostates create the chance for wavering countries to get financing outside of Western-led institutions' indicates what potential impact of the evolving sovereign-wealth funds' strategy?
'More geopolitically astute petrostates create the chance for wavering countries to get financing outside of Western-led institutions' indicates what potential impact of the evolving sovereign-wealth funds' strategy?
