The threat of the war to the Gulf’s banking sectors
Banking sectors in the Gulf are well placed to cope if the economic blow from the Iran war causes bad loans to rise. But banks in Qatar and, to a lesser extent, Saudi Arabia are vulnerable if wholesale financing conditions turn less favourable. And over a longer-time horizon, developments in real estate sectors will be increasingly important for the stability of banking sectors in some parts of the region.
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