IMF Staff Country Reports

Kuwait: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

Publication Date:

June 18, 2012

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix paper on Kuwait focuses on recent development in investment companies (ICs) and the business environment in the country. ICs continue to be vulnerable to swings in financial and real estate markets. They continue to have large exposures to domestic, regional, and international equity and real estate markets. Local banks’ lending to ICs declined in 2010–11 owing to banks’ write-offs of ICs loans. The financial situation of many ICs remains precarious, and there are 15 listed investment companies in a dire situation.

Series:

Country Report No. 2012/151

Subject:

Consumption Energy prices Fuel prices Labor Labor force National accounts Price elasticity Prices

Frequency:

Quarterly