Drop in expat workers may hit Kuwait’s economy hard, says National Assembly committee

DUBAI: A sudden drop in the number of expats living in Kuwait may have negative impacts on the country’s economy, the National Assembly’s human resources committee said.

The reduction will diminish the market’s purchasing power, affect the real estate and private educations markets, and hit hard the labor market, as the private sector highly depends on expat employees, local daily Kuwait Times reported on Sunday.