A yayin da ake samun karuwar man fetur, hauhawar farashin kayayyaki ya sa ‘yan kasar Saudiyya su kara kaimi

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Sultan al-Mazeen kwanan nan ya tsaya a wani gidan mai don cike SUV, yana biyan cent 45 galan - kusan kashi ɗaya cikin goma na abin da Amurkawa ke biya a kwanakin nan.

Sai dai masanin kasar Saudiyya ya ce bai kamata Amurkawa su yi kishi ba. Haushin farashin da ya yi kamari na tsawon shekaru 30 akan komai a kasar ya sa Saudiyyar ta kara tabarbarewa duk da kudaden man fetur da ake ta kwarara.

"Ina gaya wa Amurkawa, kada ku ji kishi saboda gas yana da arha a nan," in ji al-Mazeen, mai shekaru 36. "Muna da muni fiye da da."

Yayin da mutanen Saudiyya ba sa jin zafin famfo, suna jin shi a ko'ina, suna biyan kuɗi a shaguna da gidajen abinci da na haya da kayan gini. Yayin da kasar ke kara samun karuwar sayar da man a farashin da ya haura dala 145 a kowacce ganga a makon da ya gabata, hauhawar farashin kayayyaki ya kai kusan kashi 11 cikin dari, wanda ya karya lambobi biyu a karon farko tun karshen shekarun 1970.

"Farashin iskar gas yayi ƙasa a nan, to menene?" Inji Muhammad Abdullah mai shekaru 60 mai ritaya. "Me zan iya yi da gas? Sha shi? Ka ɗauke ni zuwa babban kanti?”

Al-Mazeen ya ce kudin kayan masarufi na wata-wata ya ninka - zuwa dala 215 - idan aka kwatanta da shekarar da ta gabata, lokacin da mai ya kai kusan dala 70 kan ganga guda. A tsawon wannan lokaci, farashin shinkafa ya ninka zuwa kusan cents 72 a fam guda, sannan fam din naman sa ya haura sama da kashi uku zuwa kusan dala 4.

Haka kuma, Saudiya na fama da rashin aikin yi - da aka kiyasta kashi 30 cikin 16 a tsakanin matasa masu shekaru 26 zuwa 10 - da kasuwar hannun jari da ta ragu da kashi XNUMX cikin dari tun farkon shekara.

‘Yan kasar Saudiyya da dama sun fahimci cewa wannan hako man fetur din ba zai yi tasiri kamar yadda aka yi a shekarun 1970 ba, wanda ya tayar da ‘yan kasar Saudiyya daga tsumma zuwa arziki. A wannan karon, dukiyar ba ta raguwa da sauri ko kuma a cikin adadi iri ɗaya.

Wani dalili shi ne karuwar al'ummar masarautar, in ji John Sfakianakis, babban masanin tattalin arziki a bankin Burtaniya na Saudiyya. A cikin shekarun 1970, yawan mutanen Saudiyya ya kai miliyan 9.5. A yau, miliyan 27.6 ne, ciki har da 'yan Saudiyya miliyan 22.

Hakan na nufin jihar da ke kula da kusan dukkan kudaden shigar mai, dole ne ta yada arzikin tsakanin mutane da yawa. Baya ga tsarin jin dadin jama’a mai karimci wanda ya hada da ilimi kyauta tun daga makarantun gaba da sakandare zuwa jami’a da sauran fa’idoji ga ‘yan kasa, ma’aikatun gwamnati na daukar ma’aikata kusan miliyan 2 kuma kashi 65 na kasafin kudin na biyan albashi.

"Jihar, eh, ta fi arziki, amma jihar tana da kusan ninki uku na adadin mutanen da za ta kula," in ji Sfakianakis. "Ko da Saudi Arabiya ta sami raguwar hauhawar farashin kayayyaki (a shekarun 1970), kasar da bukatun kasar sun fi yadda suke a da."

Don haka gwamnati ba ta da hurumin kara albashi don taimakawa mutane wajen magance hauhawar farashin kaya. Sfakianakis ya kara da cewa a kwanan baya Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa ta kara karin albashin ma'aikatan gwamnati da kashi 70 cikin XNUMX - amma idan Saudiyyar ta yi haka, da ta fuskanci gibin kasafin kudi.

Sauran kasashen yankin Gulf sun fi fuskantar hauhawar farashin kayayyaki. A Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa, ana sa ran hauhawar farashin kayayyaki zai kai kashi 12 cikin 14 a bana, kuma a Qatar ya kai kashi XNUMX cikin XNUMX, a cewar rahoton Merrill Lynch a farkon wannan shekarar.

Amma waɗancan al'ummomin suna da ƙarancin yawan jama'a don haka za su iya yada mai, iskar gas da dukiyar kuɗi cikin sauri da yawa don rage radadin. Sakamakon haka - sabanin kimarsu a kasashen Yamma - Saudiyya sun yi nisa da masu hannu da shuni a Tekun Fasha. Kudaden da masarautar ke samu ga kowani mutum dala 20,700 ne - idan aka kwatanta da dala 67,000 ga Qatar, wacce ke da al'umma kusan rabin miliyan.

A wata hira da ya yi da jaridar Al-Siyassah ta Kuwait a baya-bayan nan, Sarki Abdallah ya ce "jami'ai suna da hanyoyin da suka dace" da kuma shirye-shiryen yaki da hauhawar farashin kayayyaki.

“Gwamnati za ta iya amfani da kudinta wajen daidaita tashin farashin kayayyakin masarufi. Masarautar kuma za ta yi amfani da kudaden da take da shi wajen yaki da hauhawar farashin kayayyaki da kuma dawo da komai yadda ya kamata,” in ji Sarkin, ba tare da yin karin haske kan yadda za a yi ba.

Masana tattalin arziki sun ce babban abin da ke haifar da hauhawar farashin kayayyaki shi ne karuwar bukatar gidaje da wuraren ofis da abinci - a daidai lokacin da farashin abinci da kayan masarufi ke karuwa a duniya. Wata sanarwa da ma’aikatar tattalin arziki da tsare-tsare ta fitar a makon jiya ta ce kididdigar hayar da ta hada da haya da man fetur da ruwa ya karu da kashi 18.5 cikin dari, yayin da farashin abinci da abin sha ya karu da kashi 15 cikin dari.

Har ila yau, hauhawar farashin dala na Saudiyya ya kara ta'azzara saboda raunin dala, domin Riyal yana da nasaba da kudin Amurka, yana kara tsadar shigo da kayayyaki - kuma masarautar na shigo da mafi yawan kayayyakin da take bukata.

Kudaden man fetur da ake yi a cikin tattalin arzikin kasar ma wani abu ne, amma ba shi ne babban dalilin hauhawar farashin kayayyaki ba kamar sauran batutuwa, in ji Sfakianakis da sauran masana tattalin arziki.

A wata alama da ke nuna cewa hauhawar farashin kayayyaki ba zai wargaje ba nan ba da dadewa ba, a ranar 31 ga watan Maris ne majalisar ministocin kasar Saudiyya ta yanke shawarar rage harajin kwastam kan manyan kayyakin abinci da kayayyakin masarufi da kayayyakin gini guda 180 na tsawon shekaru akalla uku, a cewar wani rahoto da Sfakianakis ya rubuta wa bankin Birtaniya na Saudiyya. .

Duk da haka, Masarautar za ta samu rarar rarar kasafin kudi saboda tsadar mai a bana. Ana sa ran samun kudaden shiga na fitar da man fetur zai kai dala biliyan 260 a bana, a cewar wani rahoto da wani kamfani mai zaman kansa na kasar Saudiyya Jadwa Investment ya fitar a watan jiya. Wannan ya kwatanta da kusan dala biliyan 43 a kowace shekara a cikin shekarun 1990, in ji rahoton. Ya yi hasashen rarar kasafin kudin zai kai dala biliyan 69 a shekarar 2008 idan aka kwatanta da dala biliyan 47.6 a shekarar 2007.

Sai dai Saudiyya ta sanya yawancin kudaden shigar da take samu na mai a cikin zuba jari da kadarori a ketare, a wani bangare a matsayin katanga idan farashin mai ya fadi a nan gaba, ta matse kasafin kudi.

Sheik Abdul-Aziz Al Sheikh, Babban Muftin Masarautar kuma babban mai kula da harkokin addini, ya bukaci gwamnati da ta daidaita farashin kayayyakin masarufi.

"Ya kamata a yi duk mai yiwuwa don shawo kan hauhawar farashin kayayyaki a duk fadin masarautar," in ji Mufti a yayin wa'azi a Riyadh a watan Fabrairu, kamar yadda jaridar Arab News ta ruwaito.