The consolidated balance sheet of the banking system in Bahrain, comprised of full commercial banks (FCBs), offshore banking units (OBUs) and Investment banks (IBs), rose by $4 billion hitting $134.2 billion at end-November 2005, compared with $130.2 billion at end-October.
The Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) in its monthly statistics indicated that the foreign assets also went up by $3.2 billion and reached $11.59 billion against $110.30 billion in October.