VOL. XXXIII

NO. 10

11-December-1989

Financial and Banking News

Loans & Issues

North Yemen Defaulting on Commercial Debt North

Yemen, which has been suffering from a sharp deterioration of its currentaccount despite the development of an oil industry (MEES, 22 May), has slippedinto default on two major syndicated commercial loans arranged with primarilyArab banks in Bahrain. North Yemen's current account deficit has ballooned fromYR1.21bn ($125mn) in 1986 to YR6.78bn ($694mn) in 1988 and the...