Bahrain needs more financing sooner rather than later
Bahrain probably requires the other Gulf countries to pledge further financial support in order to sustain its dollar peg and roll over maturing external debt. We remain of the view that this will be forthcoming, not least because the rest of the Gulf will want to avoid question marks over their own pegs. But Bahrain would be asked to tighten fiscal policy aggressively in return.
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