VOL. XXXIII

NO. 48

3-SEPTEMBER-1990

Financial and Banking News

Gulf Crisis

Budgetary Considerations Loom in Gulf Crisis

As troops and materiel continue to pour into the region, the financial burdenof the Gulf crisis has begun to loom large. The cost can be divided into twoareas - the funding of the military forces deployed in the region, and assistance to surrounding countries both to compensate for the loss of incomeresulting from strict adherence to the UN sanctions and to alleviate some of the...