VOL. XXXII

NO. 8

28-NOVEMBER-1988

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

Big Increase in Support Funds Used for Kuwaiti Bad Debt

The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) has published its Annual Report for 1987/88(the year ending in June 1988), which shows a 28.5% decline in its balance sheetto KD1,486.5mn despite the addition of some KD355mn worth of KD bills and bonds,95% of which comprise treasury bills and bonds bought back by the Central Bank(see table below). The major reason for the decline in...