United Arab Emirates

Dubai registered a 16% y-o-y increase in its non-oil trade to AED325.5bn (US$88.6bn) in Q113, compared with AED280bn (US$76.22mn) in Q112. Recovery in the emirate's property sector... 2013-05-23

International criticism of the UAE government has intensified, following the start of a trial in Abu Dhabi of 94 individuals who are accused of plotting to overthrow the regime and... 2013-04-24

The outlook for Dubai's trade sector in general, and re-export sector in particular, is increasingly uncertain due to the sharp economic slowdown in Iran, which has traditionally been... 2013-04-24

Reports in February indicated that the UAE is scheduled to provide financial assistance of US$2.5bn for development projects in Bahrain. This is part of a regional funding programme... 2013-03-26

The non-oil private sector in the UAE continues to fire on all cylinders according to the latest Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) released by HSBC in early March. In February, the Gulf... 2013-03-26

Consumer price inflation in the UAE is set to trend higher over the coming months, and could accelerate to its fastest pace in four years by the end of 2013. According to latest data... 2013-03-26

In a further sign that populist policies will be kept at the fore in 2013, in January the government announced that it had reduced the cost of 6,619 types of imported drugs by between... 2013-02-15