2016-10-17

Dollar Deflation Still Hitting Saudi Arabia

Bloomberg: Saudi Bank Stress Builds as Kingdom’s Cash Injection Falls Short
The interest rate banks charge one another for loans rose by the most since August on Sunday, extending a trend that’s slowing earnings and corporate borrowing in the world’s biggest oil exporter. The increase is defying the central bank, which has sought to ease the cash crunch by relaxing lending limits, offering new borrowing facilities and injecting funds into the financial system, including 20 billion riyals ($5.3 billion) pledged Sept. 25.

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