Ample liquidity coupled with a decreasing reliance on foreign funding mean that most banks in the Gulf are well-placed to weather any storm in the euro-zone’s financial system. But deleveraging in Europe will reduce direct credit lines to the Gulf’s businesses, and in the extreme scenario, the region’s banks are unlikely to be able to fully plug the gap.
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