VOL. XLV

No 7

18 February 2002

GENERAL

Moodys Changes Outlook On National Bank Of Omans Rating ToNegative

International ratings agency,Moodys Investors Service, announced on 12 February that it had changed the outlookfor the D financial strength rating (FSR) assigned to the National Bank of Omanto negative from stable although the outlook for the banks Baa3/Prime-2 foreigncurrency deposit rating remains unchanged. In a statement, Moodys explainedthat the move was a result of concerns about the...