Kuwait may cut key interest rates - paper
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Kuwait was expected to cut interest rates after Gulf Arab neighbours Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates slashed key rates on Monday, Kuwaiti daily al-Watan cited banking sources as saying.
The rate cut could be between 0.25 and 0.50 percent, al-Watan reported. That would take the benchmark rate to between 3.25 and 3.50 percent from 3.75 percent now.
The Saudi and UAE cuts on Monday were the latest in a series of moves aimed at staving off a sharp slowdown in economic growth due to global financial turmoil.
Most of the oil-exporting Gulf states peg their currencies to the US dollar, but have kept interest rates above Federal Reserve rates, which were cut to near zero last month. (Reuters)
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