LONDON: The scramble among investors to buy Kuwait’s first international bond reveals a subtext: the country is better cushioned against oil-price declines than any of its peers.
International Monetary Fund figures show the current oil price, at about US$52 barrel, is more than enough for the country to balance its budget and current account, unlike its neighbours.
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