VOL. XXXVI

NO. 30

26-APRIL-1993

Financial and Banking News

BUDGETS AND REVENUES

Bahrain Trade Gap Widens Despite Encouraging Fourth Quarter

Bahrain's tradedeficit widened to BD270.5mn ($717mn) in 1992, according to preliminaryestimates published by the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA). The figure exceedslast year's deficit of BD225.5mn, which was the largest recorded for more than10 years. The decline occurred despite an improvement in the balance of tradefor the fourth quarter, during which imports...