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Business & Finance

Liquidity of UAE banking system back to pre-COVID-19 levels: central bank

  • Banks' drawdown of a zero-cost liquidity facility under the TESS scheme stood at 22 billion dirhams ($5.99 billion) this month, down from a peak of 44 billion dirhams in the second quarter of last year, the central bank said.
  • The introduction of the stimulus package came at a critical juncture and ensured that banks were able to mitigate funding and liquidity pressures and maintain their lending capacity.
Published March 15, 2021

DUBAI: Overall liquidity in the United Arab Emirates banking system has returned to pre-COVID-19 levels, the central bank said in a statement on Monday, one-year after launching a stimulus package to support the economy during the pandemic.

In March 2020, the UAE central bank provided a $70 billion package of capital and liquidity measures as part of a Targeted Economic Support Scheme (TESS). Some of the measures have been extended to June 2021.

Banks' drawdown of a zero-cost liquidity facility under the TESS scheme stood at 22 billion dirhams ($5.99 billion) this month, down from a peak of 44 billion dirhams in the second quarter of last year, the central bank said.

"The introduction of the stimulus package came at a critical juncture and ensured that banks were able to mitigate funding and liquidity pressures and maintain their lending capacity," Central Bank Governor Abdulhamid Saeed said in the statement.

He added that, as a base projection, the UAE's economy is expected to grow 2.5% this year, following an estimated 6% contraction last year when it was hit by the twin shock of the pandemic and lower oil prices.

Ratings agency S&P Global Ratings said in a report on Sunday that economic recovery in the Gulf, particularly in sectors such as aviation, tourism, and real estate, will be slow, weighing on banks' asset quality and profitability this year.

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