VOL. XXXIV

NO. 43

29-JULY-1991

Financial and Banking News

Kuwaiti Finance

Rudhan Clarifies Borrowing Plans

Kuwaiti Finance Minister Nasir 'Abd Allah al-Rudhan says that his country will probably borrowaround KD7bn ($24mn), although an Amiri decree issued on 15 July set a ceilingof KD10bn. His comments followed newspaper reports which interpreted the Amiridecree as a statement of Kuwait's short-term borrowing plans. In fact, theceiling, which was set deliberately high so as to avoid the need to have...