Kuwaiti banks' non-performing loans increase to 2% amid COVID-19 crisis - central bank
View of Kuwait Central Bank building from across the fish market marina where old fishing boats are standing, Kuwait City - June 17, 2016. Image used for illustrative purpose.
Getty ImagesDUBAI- Kuwait's central bank said on Wednesday that banks' non-performing loans had increased by 0.5 percentage points in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The non-performing loans ratio increased to 2% in 2020 from 1.5% in 2019, a chart posted by the Central Bank of Kuwait on Twitter showed. The chart showed the ratio had declined each year since 2010, when it stood at 9%.
"The non-performing loan ratio has seen only slight increases, and is still at historically low levels," the central bank cited its governor Mohammad al-Hashel as saying.
(Reporting by Yousef Saba Editing by Gareth Jones) ((Yousef.Saba@thomsonreuters.com; +971562166204))
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