VOL. XXX

NO. 17

2-FEBRUARY-1987

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

GCC Agrees in Principle on Currency Alignment

At a meeting in Abu Dhabi last week the Central Bank governors of the six GCCstates agreed in principle to establish a currency alignment system along thelines of the European Monetary System (EMS). The system would fix cross-ratesbetween the six local currencies and establish intervention bands which woulddetermine at what point the regulatory authorities would intervene in...