Four GCC central banks follow Fed by raising rates 25bps
The central banks of four GCC countries followed the U.S. Federal Reserve by raising key interest rates on Wednesday. The Saudi central bank raised the reverse repo rate by a quarter percentage point to 1% while leaving the official repurchase rate unchanged at 2%. Policy makers in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain also raised their key policy rates by 25 basis points.
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