VOL. XXXVII

NO. 46

15-AUGUST-1994

Financial and Banking News

Regional Banking

Qatari Banks Fight To Keep The Balance Sheets Aligned

Qatar's commercial banks are under increasing pressure to keep their balancesheet ratios in line with prudential norms. Liquidity in the banking system istightening as a result of reduced government oil revenues, while demand forcredit from the government and the private sector continues unabated. As aresult, some of the local banks are looking distinctly over-lent...