VOL. XXX

NO. 23

16-MARCH-1987

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

Kuwait Overhauls Monetary Policy

An important package of reforms to Kuwait's monetary policy was introducedlast week, reducing interest rates and clearing the way for the Central Bank toundertake open market operations and adopt a more flexible approach to the localfinancial markets. The first intimation of the changes came in a speech given bythe Central Bank Governor, Shaikh Salem 'Abdul-'Aziz al-Saud al-Sabah, to theKuwait...