Funding tap: GCC margins dip

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Middle East & Africa

Max Thompson

Managing Editor

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Two years of tight regional bank liquidity and even tighter government budgets forced many Middle East state-owned borrowers into the ECA-backed and pre-export loan markets at a time when margins jumped significantly. This year, and for the first time since the 2014 oil price slump, margins have begun to tighten again – albeit slightly.