VOL. XXX

NO. 9

8-DECEMBER-1986

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

Government Deposits with Kuwaiti Banks Decline

Deposits by the Kuwaiti Government in the local banking system have declinedduring the first nine months of 1986 in both absolute and relative terms,according to the latest figures released by the Central Bank of Kuwait.Government deposits are down 41% from KD400.2mn in the same period of 1985 toKD236.2mn. As a proportion of total deposits in the banking system, thegovernment's...