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Oman has taken active measures in the past year to fix its debt-burden and had also sought IMF technical assistance in July on its debt strategy. The reforms including the launch of a value-added tax have helped the nation raise much required funds through bonds and loans this year. Initially, Oman had estimated a budget deficit of 8% of the GDP amounting to OMR 2.2bn for 2021. However, with the rise in oil prices, the IMF expects the sovereign’s fiscal deficit to decline to 2.4% of GDP for 2021 from around 19.3% of GDP in 2020. The IMF said in the recently issued Article IV Mission statement, “Oman’s fiscal and external balances are projected to improve considerably over the medium term. After deteriorating sharply in 2020 to a deficit of about 19.3% of GDP, reflecting lower oil revenue and a slump in economic activity, the fiscal balance is projected to improve to -2.4% of GDP in 2021,” Oman is rated Ba3 by Moody’s, BB- by Fitch and B+ by S&P.