Oman posted a budget deficit of RO1.50 billion ($3.90 billion) in the first five months of this
year, swinging from a RO232.9 million surplus a year earlier.

The deficit is due to lower oil export prices, provisional finance ministry
data showed on Sunday.
    
Oman's 2015 budget plan envisages government expenditure of RO14.1 billion and a deficit of RO2.5 billion, assuming an average oil price of $75 per barrel. - Reuters