Press Releases
CBK Maintains Discount Rate at Current Levels
In a release to the press, His Excellency the Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK), Dr. Mohammad Y. Al-Hashel, highlighted recent domestic economic, monetary and banking conditions and developments and their future trends, as well as the recent developments in US Dollar, interest rates and the key trends of CBK monetary policy. Dr. Al-Hashel noted that the continuous monitoring by CBK indicate a modest growth in domestic economic activity, supported by public expenditure, particularly capital expenditure, despite low crude oil prices, on one hand, and increasing interest rate on the US Dollar in light of the decision by US Federal Reserve on 14-06-2017 to raise further the interest rates on the other hand.
