Cristiano Ronaldo
Saudi soccer club Al Nassr agreed to sign Cristiano Ronaldo at the start of 2023.
  • It's getting more expensive for Saudi Arabia to borrow, with a key lending rate hitting a record 6%.
  • The Gulf Kingdom plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars as part of its Vision 2030 project.
  • It plans to fund those efforts with a combination of oil revenue and borrowed cash.

It's getting more expensive for Saudi Arabia to borrow cash, just as the Gulf Kingdom begins a huge spending project spearheaded by its leader Mohamed bin Salman.