Low oil prices put strains on Gulf Arab states' currency pegs
Kuwait City
WEAK oil prices pose a threat to Gulf Arab states' currency pegs against the dollar, but the energy-rich region is unlikely to abandon the policy yet, analysts say. Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates all keep the values of their currencies fixed against the greenback, while Kuwait has a link to a basket of currencies including the dollar.
But doubts are growing about whether the policy still makes sense. The slide in oil prices has battered the economies of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) memb…
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