S&P Downgrades Saudi Banks Amid Low Oil Prices
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:03 pm
Ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has today downgraded several Saudi banks as low crude oil prices continue to adversely impact the economic activity across the world’s number one oil exporting country.
S&P analysts have warned of about an increase in non-performing loans, a closely monitored measure of borrowers who are falling behind on their loans and an overall fall in profitability as credit conditions tighten.
According to Suha Urgan, an analyst at S&P, “banks in Saudi Arabia now face higher economic risk due to the fall in oil prices and the ensuing slowdown in the Saudi economy.”
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