Falling Riyal Will Help Address External Imbalances

Although the CBY has held the riyal steady for a number of weeks now, we expect the unit to depreciate further before the end of 2010. Depreciation of the currency is a necessary adjustment that will ultimately help to tackle the structural imbalances in the country's external accounts and in the process should help to reverse the decline in the central bank's foreign exchange reserves.

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