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Global economics, geopolitics and international business — the forces moving economies across borders.
The Federal Reserve meets on Tuesday and Wednesday, and because the dirham is pegged to the dollar, the UAE Base Rate will follow whatever it decides. Dinner tables across Dubai will spend the week debating hold or hike. A treasury desk would not. It would already know its position: what floats, what is fixed and when it stops being fixed, where the cash sits and what it earns, and what the househ
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The CBUAE has lifted its Base Rate from 3.65% to 3.90%, effective 17 September 2026, following the Fed. The pros, the cons, and why higher rates strengthen the case for managing mortgage risk before it becomes a default problem — with MPCL’s MESP, FEFL and ERDR structures explained.
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been attractive to investors from all over the world due to a combination of factors that create a favorable…
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Europe’s largest economy might’ve contracted in the fourth quarter, but that didn’t stop the euro-area from defying expectations. Growth managed to … Narrow Escapes And…
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Trio the Nobel Laureates – 2022, in Economics, Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond & Philip Dybvig asserted banks are crucial to the economy, they are also dangerous….
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Mirza Ashraf Beg, Founder and CEO of Money Protects, said 2022 was the time for unicorns to emerge and flour- ish in the region, and…
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Social Security beneficiaries started 2022 with a 5.9% cost-of-living adjustment to their monthly checks, the highest increase in about 40 years. But as inflation climbs with each…
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For the first time since the emergence of the Omicron variant, money markets bet on a 10bps rate hike from the ECB in September. That…
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Do you believe we’ve “crossed the Rubicon” where that means policymakers are increasingly inclined to view the world through the lens of Modern Monetary Theory…
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Brazil opens record jobs in October – Brazil’s economy has added a record 394,989 jobs in October. It’s the fourth month in a row of…
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Crude oil will be stable as long as the stock market stays lofty, with limited further upside for the bouncing natural gas price. Crude oil, energy…
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