VOL. XXXIII

NO. 46

20-AUGUST-1990

Financial and Banking News

Gulf Crisis

Gulf Crisis Will Hit Bahrain Offshore Market Hardest

Two weeks after the start of the Gulf crisis, the political, economic andfinancial future of the region was, more than ever, dependent on the outcome ofthe military confrontation between Iraq and the international forces gatheredin the Gulf, while in the Middle East as a whole, diplomatic maneuvers triggeredby the Iraqi invasion were opening the way for the most fundamental...