Bahrain’s dinar fell to a 17-year low of 0.38261 against the dollar in the spot market on Tuesday as hedge funds sold the currency in the forward market because of concern about the country’s rising public debt, bankers in the region said.

Bahrain’s central bank said on Wednesday it was raising its key policy interest rate by 25 basis points, from 2.00 % to 2.25%.

The Bahraini dinar currency in circulation in all its categories outside the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) increased by 4.66% last April on an annual basis, according to data issued by CBB, reported Al-Ayam newspaper. The value of currency in circulation by the end of April reached 687.8 million BD, versus 655.9 million BD in the same month in 2017.

Net foreign assets at Bahrain’s central bank, an indication of its ability to defend its currency against any market pressure, rebounded last month after dropping to a seven-month low in March, central bank data showed on Thursday.

Bahrain's foreign assets have fallen by 49.2% in March, according to official data from the Central Bank of Bahrain.

Net foreign assets at Bahrain’s central bank dropped to a six-month low of 604.8 million dinars ($1.60 billion).

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) said it had approached credit rating agencies to improve Bahrain's credit status in light of the country's biggest oil discovery.

Bahrain may return to the international debt market to raise funds later this year, its central bank said on Thursday, after investors’ concern about its rising public debt level caused it to call off part of a planned bond issue this week.

The Central Bank of Bahrain said that Bahraini government successfully priced a Rule 144A/RegS international USD 1 billion 6.875% Oct-2025 sukuk offering. The transaction received strong global investor interest, with the orderbook peaking at around USD 2.1 billion (2.1x of the total amount raised) from more than 100 investors.

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has issued a circular for banks to set a ceiling on bank charges that can not be crossed.

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) denied that it had cancelled the license of Turkiye Is Bankasi AS, a conventional wholesale bank (branch) licensed in Bahrain.

Bahrain’s central bank said on Wednesday it was raising policy interest rates by 25 basis points, after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to hike rates by that margin.

An official source from the Central Bank of Bahrain said that published decision in the official gazette regarding the cancellation of the Representative Office license of «HSBC Bank PLC» affects this office “the company” affiliated to HSBC Bank and not the bank itself.

The Central Bank of Bahrain called on the Parliament to review a parliamentary law aimed at imposing fees on remittances.

Central Bank of Bahrain announced cancelling the license granted to the Turkish bank “Turkiye Is Bankasi AS”, amid an increase in differing views between Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

Bahrain’s central bank governor said on Tuesday that the country’s economic growth might accelerate because of the recovery of oil prices since mid-2017, but he warned that the government needed to be careful about its budget deficit.

Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Governor Rashid Al-Miraj said that the bank is currently studying the operational environment of digital currencies to put appropriate regulatory restrictions and controls, indicating that the study needs 9 months, during which the risks and control mechanisms will be studied.

A row between Qatar and some other Gulf Arab states has paused progress to a single currency in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Bahrain’s central bank governor said on Thursday, adding he hoped work on the project would resume soon.

Bahrain’s central bank governor said on Thursday that stricter international bank rules, known as Basel III, had gone too far and banks had been burdened with too much regulation.

Executive Director of Financial Institutions Supervision in Central Bank of Bahrain Abdul Rahman Al-Baker expected that the share of the total health insurance premiums will increase to at least 35% in case the compulsory health insurance is implemented.