UAE banks better placed to handle credit growth dip

UAE banks better placed to handle credit growth dip

Arabian Post Staff Higher interest rates and OPEC oil production cuts will constrain near-term growth prospects for the major Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies, but non-oil growth and, consequently, credit growth in the UAE and Saudi Arabia remain robust, S&P said in the latest report on the GCC banks. Despite a slight deterioration in asset quality indicators and an increase in the cost of risk, it expects […]

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