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Bahrain · Jul 30, 2026 · 11 min read
Five Arab economies are projected to carry general government gross debt above 80 percent of gross domestic product in 2026, according to…
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Bahrain · Jul 27, 2026 · 6 min read
Formula 1 and the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile announced on 26 July 2026 that Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia will host the…
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Bahrain · Jul 16, 2026 · 2 min read
The Central Bank of Bahrain's weekly Treasury bill issue was oversubscribed by 178 percent, and the average yield eased to 5.20 percent…
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Bahrain · Jul 16, 2026 · 2 min read
The Central Bank of Bahrain has issued 200 million dinars, about 533 million dollars, of two year government development bonds carrying a…
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Bahrain · Jun 22, 2026 · 3 min read
Bahrain based Investcorp has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Smart Managed Solutions, a UK facilities management company, in a transaction…
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Bahrain · Jun 21, 2026 · 2 min read
Manama — The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) held its second Board of Directors meeting for 2026 on 21 June, chaired by…
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Bahrain · Jun 18, 2026 · 5 min read
Gulf economies strengthened their standing among the world's most competitive in the 2026 IMD World Competitiveness Ranking, with the United Arab Emirates…
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Bahrain · Jun 18, 2026 · 5 min read
The economies of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council are expected to contract this year before staging a sharp recovery in 2027, as…
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Bahrain · Jun 18, 2026 · 4 min read
Qatar, Bahrain and the UAE keep interest rates steady after the US Federal Reserve holds rates, while Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman…
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Bahrain · Jun 3, 2026 · 6 min read
Bahrain markets a new 10-year U.S. dollar sovereign bond at a yield near 7.5%, testing investor appetite for GCC credit. The transaction…
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Bahrain · Jun 2, 2026 · 6 min read
A Hormuz disruption is a resilience test, not a uniform shock. Oman has geographic flexibility, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have alternative…
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Five Arab economies are projected to carry general government gross debt above 80 percent of gross domestic product in 2026, according to the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook database published in April 2026. Sudan and Bahrain lead the ranking, followed by Egypt, Tunisia and Jordan. Together the five are projected to owe the equivalent…
Formula 1 and the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile announced on 26 July 2026 that Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia will host the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix from 2 to 4 October 2026, slotting between the Azerbaijan and Singapore rounds. The event retains Bahrain’s name and its commercial title, becoming the Formula 1 Gulf Air…
The Central Bank of Bahrain’s weekly Treasury bill issue was oversubscribed by 178 percent, and the average yield eased to 5.20 percent from 5.22 percent on the previous issue, the central bank reported. The 70 million dinar issue, about 186 million dollars, is Issue 2129, carries a 91 day tenor, was issued on 15 July…
The Central Bank of Bahrain has issued 200 million dinars, about 533 million dollars, of two year government development bonds carrying a fixed annual return of 7.00 percent, and the sale drew subscriptions of 568.4 million dinars, an oversubscription of 284 percent. The bond, Issue 47, was subscribed on 15 July, is dated 19 July…
Bahrain based Investcorp has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Smart Managed Solutions, a UK facilities management company, in a transaction valued at more than US$200 million, according to Bloomberg. The deal adds another European services platform to Investcorp’s private equity portfolio and highlights the continued appetite of Gulf based investment managers for overseas…
Manama — The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) held its second Board of Directors meeting for 2026 on 21 June, chaired by Mr. Hassan Khalifa Al Jalahma, with the Board reviewing the bank’s performance and the kingdom’s latest monetary and banking indicators. CBB Governor H.E. Mr. Khalid Humaidan presented updates on the bank’s key priorities,…
Gulf economies strengthened their standing among the world’s most competitive in the 2026 IMD World Competitiveness Ranking, with the United Arab Emirates holding a place in the global top five and four Arab economies — the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain — ranking inside the top 20 of the 70 economies assessed. The results…
The economies of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council are expected to contract this year before staging a sharp recovery in 2027, as the regional conflict’s disruption to energy exports gives way to normalisation, according to ICAEW’s Q2 2026 Economic Update: Middle East, prepared with Oxford Economics and published by ICAEW on 16 June 2026 (with…
Qatar, Bahrain and the UAE keep interest rates steady after the US Federal Reserve holds rates, while Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman maintain stable policy levels under their dollar-linked frameworks.
Bahrain markets a new 10-year U.S. dollar sovereign bond at a yield near 7.5%, testing investor appetite for GCC credit. The transaction reflects continued access to international markets, supported by GCC backing, resilient non-oil activity and active policy response, even as fiscal consolidation remains central.