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Bahrain and Oman: neighbours unlikely to pull the plug

Financial support from the Gulf means that Bahrain and Oman should avoid damaging devaluations and acute sovereign debt problems. Even if their governments fail to implement the fiscal tightening that the other Gulf countries demand (as seems increasingly likely), we think that support will be maintained.

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