The GCC Banking Sector: Topography and Analysis

ByMay Y Khamis, Abdullah Alhassan, Nada Oulidi

April 1, 2010

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Summary

In this paper, we analyze the evolution of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banking sectors in the six member countries including ownership, concentration, cross-border linkages, balance sheet exposures and risks, recent trends in credit growth, and financial soundness. We identify risks to the banking sector's financial stability in the context of the current global crisis and their mitigating factors.

Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Credit, Foreign banks, Loans

Keywords: asset, Bahrain, bank, banking sector, GCC bank, WP

Pages:
45
Volume:
2010
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451982619.001
Issue:
087
Series:
Working Paper No. 2010/087
Stock No:
WPIEA2010087
ISBN:
9781451982619
ISSN:
1018-5941

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