I-RIYADH, i-Saudi Arabia - USultan al-Mazeen usandul 'ukumisa kwisikhululo segesi ukuze azalise i-SUV yakhe, ehlawula i-45 cent cent gallon - malunga nesinye seshumi into eyenziwa ngabantu baseMelika kule mihla.
Kodwa igcisa laseSaudi lithi abantu baseMelika akufuneki babe nomona. Ukunyuka kwamaxabiso afikelele kwiminyaka engama-30 ephezulu kuyo yonke enye into ebukumkanini kwenza iSaudis izive ihlwempuzekile nangona imali yeoyile igungxulwa.
“Ndixelela abantu baseMelika, bangabi nomona kuba igesi inexabiso eliphantsi apha,” utshilo u-al-Mazeen, oneminyaka engama-36 ubudala.
Ngelixa i-Saudis ingayiva intlungu kwimpompo, bayayiva naphi na kwenye indawo, bebhatala kakhulu kwiivenkile zegrosari nakwiindawo zokutyela kunye nerenti kunye nezixhobo zokwakha. Ngelixa ilizwe lisiba sisityebi ngokuthengisa ioyile ngamaxabiso anyuke afikelela kwirekhodi le-145 yeedola ngomphanda kwiveki ephelileyo, ukunyuka kwamaxabiso kufikelele phantse kwiipesenti ezili-11, ukophula amanani aphindwe kabini okokuqala ukusukela ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1970.
"Amaxabiso egesi aphantsi apha, yintoni ke?" utshilo uMuhammad Abdullah, oneminyaka engama-60 odla umhlala phantsi. “Ndingenza ntoni ngegesi? Sela? Ndihambe nayo ukuya evenkileni?"
U-Al-Mazeen uthi i-bill yakhe yegrosari yenyanga iphindwe kabini - ukuya kwi-215 yeedola - xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka ophelileyo, xa i-oyile yayikwi-70 yeedola ngomphanda. Ebudeni belo xesha, ixabiso lerayisi liye laphindaphindeka laya kutsho malunga neesenti ezingama-72 ngeponti, yaye iponti yenyama yenkomo iye yanyuka ngaphezu kwesinye kwisithathu ukuya kutsho malunga nee-$4.
Ngaphezu koko, i-Saudis ijongene nokungabikho kwemisebenzi - iqikelelwa kwi-30 yeepesenti phakathi kwabaselula abaneminyaka eyi-16 ukuya kwi-26 - kunye ne-stock market ephantsi kweepesenti ze-10 ukususela ekuqaleni konyaka.
Abaninzi baseSaudis bayaqaphela ukuba le boom boom ayiyi kuba nefuthe elifanayo naleyo ye-1970s, eyaphakamisa i-Saudis ukusuka kwi-rags ukuya kubutyebi. Ngeli xesha, ubutyebi abuncipha ngokukhawuleza okanye ngezixa ezifanayo.
Esinye sezizathu kukwanda kwabantu bobukumkani, utshilo uJohn Sfakianakis, ingcali yezoqoqosho kwiBhanki yaseSaudi yaseBritane. Ngeminyaka yee-1970, abemi baseSaudi Arabia babezizigidi ezisisi-9.5. Namhlanje, yi-27.6 yezigidi, kuquka ne-22 yezigidi zabemi baseSaudi.
Oko kuthetha ukuba urhulumente, olawula phantse yonke ingeniso yeoli, kufuneka asasaze ubutyebi phakathi kwabantu abaninzi. Ngaphandle kwenkqubo yentlalo-ntle yesisa equka imfundo yasimahla ukusuka kwisikolo samabanga aphantsi ukuya kutsho eyunivesithi nezinye izibonelelo zabemi, icandelo likarhulumente liqeshe abantu abamalunga nezigidi ezi-2 kwaye ama-65 epesenti yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali aya kwimivuzo.
“Urhulumente, ewe, utyebile, kodwa urhulumente uphantse waphinda kathathu inani labantu ekufuneka ubaphathe,” utshilo uSfakianakis. "Nokuba iSaudi Arabia inexabiso eliphantsi (ngee-1970s), ilizwe kunye neemfuno zelizwe zikhulu kunaleyo ibikade iyiyo."
Ngoko urhulumente unendawo encinane yokunyusa imivuzo ukunceda abantu bajongane namaxabiso aphezulu. I-United Arab Emirates isandul 'ukunyusa umvuzo wecandelo likarhulumente ngeepesenti ze-70 - kodwa ukuba i-Saudis yenza okufanayo, babeya kubethwa yintsilelo yebhajethi, u-Sfakianakis wongezelela.
Amanye amazwe akwiGulf aye athwaxwa nangakumbi kukunyuka kwamaxabiso. Kwi-UAE, ukunyuka kwamaxabiso kulindeleke ukuba kufikelele kwipesenti ezili-12 kulo nyaka, kwaye eQatar kukwipesenti ezili-14, ngokwengxelo yeMerrill Lynch ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
Kodwa ezo zizwe zinabemi abancinci kwaye zinokusasaza ioyile, irhasi kunye nobutyebi bezemali ngokukhawuleza nangemithamo emikhulu ukuthomalalisa iintlungu. Ngenxa yoko - ngokuchasene nomfanekiso wabo eNtshona - iSaudis ikude nabantu abacebileyo kwiGulf. Ingeniso yobukumkani ngomntu ngamnye yi-20,700 yeedola - xa kuthelekiswa needola ezingama-67,000 zeQatar, enabemi abamalunga nesiqingatha sesigidi sabemi.
Kudliwanondlebe lwakutsha nje nephephandaba laseKuwait iAl-Siyassah, uKumkani uAbdullah uthe “amagosa anezisombululo ezifanelekileyo” kwaye aceba ukulwa nokunyuka kwamaxabiso.
“Urhulumente angasebenzisa imali yakhe ukuphelisa amaxabiso anyukayo ezinto ezisisiseko. Ubukumkani buzakusebenzisa oovimba babo bezemali ukulwa nokunyuka kwamaxabiso kwaye babuyisele yonke into esiqhelweni,” utshilo ukumkani, ngaphandle kokuchaza ukuba njani.
Iingcali zezoqoqosho zithi owona mthombo wokunyuka kwamaxabiso kukukhula kwemfuno yangaphakathi yamagumbi, indawo yeofisi kunye nokutya - ngexesha apho amaxabiso okutya kunye nezinto ezikrwada enyuka. Ingxelo ekhutshwe kwiveki ephelileyo nguMphathiswa wezoQoqosho kunye noCwangciso yathi isalathisi sokurenta, esibandakanya irenti, amafutha kunye namanzi, anyuke ngeepesenti ze-18.5, ngelixa iindleko zokutya neziselo zinyuke nge-15 ekhulwini.
I-inflation yaseSaudi iphinda idibaniswe yidola ebuthakathaka, kuba i-riyal igxininiswe kwimali yase-US, inyusa iindleko zokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe - kwaye ubukumkani bungenisa izinto ezininzi ezibalulekileyo.
Ukunyuka kwemali yeoli kuqoqosho nako kungumba, kodwa ayingoyena nobangela uphambili wokunyuka kwamaxabiso njengeminye imiba, utshilo uSfakianakis kunye nabanye oosoqoqosho.
Ngomqondiso wokuba ukunyuka kwamaxabiso akuyi kutshabalalisa naliphi na ixesha kungekudala, iKhabhinethi yaseSaudi yagqiba ngo-Matshi 31 ukunciphisa imirhumo ye-custom kwi-180 yokutya okukhulu, iimpahla zabathengi kunye nezinto zokwakha ubuncinane iminyaka emithathu, ngokutsho kwengxelo i-Sfakianakis yabhalela i-Saudi British Bank. .
Nangona kunjalo, ubukumkani bumiselwe ukonwabela intsalela yebhajethi enkulu ngenxa yamaxabiso aphezulu eoli kulo nyaka. Ingeniso ye-oyile kumazwe angaphandle kulindeleke ukuba ifikelele kwi-260 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kulo nyaka, ngokwengxelo yenyanga ephelileyo eyenziwe nguJadwa Investment, inkampani yabucala yaseSaudi. Oku kuthelekiswa nomlinganiselo weedola ezingamawaka ezigidi ezingama-43 kuphela ngonyaka ukutyhubela iminyaka yee-1990, yatsho le ngxelo. Iqikelela ukuba intsalela yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali iya kuba ngama-69 eebhiliyoni zeedola ngo-2008 xa kuthelekiswa ne-47.6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngo-2007.
Kodwa iSaudi Arabia ibeka uninzi lwengeniso yeoli kutyalo-mali nakwimpahla yaphesheya, ngokuyinxenye njengothango xa amaxabiso eoyile ehla kwikamva, ecinezela uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali.
USheik Abdul-Aziz Al-Sheikh, i-mufti enkulu yobukumkani kunye nogunyaziwe ophezulu wenkolo, ubongoze urhulumente ukuba abeke amaxabiso kwizinto ezibalulekileyo.
"Zonke iinzame kufuneka zenziwe ukuba ziqulathe ukunyuka kwamaxabiso ezinto kubukumkani bonke," utshilo uMufti kwintshumayelo yaseRiyadh ngoFebruwari, ngokutsho kweArab News mihla le.
