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Imagine that you are riding an Uber or Didi Ride back home. In the middle of the ride, you realised that there’s nothing cooked for dinner at home and time is short as you are already late. And you suddenly...

This article was originally published in Oman Economic Review magazine. Oman´s economy is known for being highly dependent on export of Oil & Gas as it contributes to 69 percent of its total export. However, over the years, Oman’s export market...

This article was originally published in Forbes Middle East. The advantages of the U.S dollar peg for Saudi Arabia have been multi-fold. It has resulted in stable export revenues, reduced transactions costs and a simple yet disciplined macroeconomic policy. This...

According to our recently released Monthly Market Review for the month of June, GCC Stock Markets continued to post positive results, marking another positive month. The S&P GCC index was up 1.1% for the month and is now up 9.9% for the...

This article was originally published in Argaam The bond market in the GCC region saw bond issuances to the tune of USD 70 bn, an all-time high issued amount in the year 2017 (https://www.thenational.ae/business/markets/strong-appetite-for-gcc-credit-forecast-for-2018-1.699843) The first quarter of 2018 has...

As a part of its broader economic diversification plans, Saudi Arabia took an unprecedented policy move by framing a new entertainment policy. In line with the Kingdom’s Vision of 2030 of creating a vibrant society, General Entertainment Authority (GEA) has...

This article was originally published in AME Info. According to a recent study from the World Economic Forum, the Infrastructure and Urban development industry worldwide, have a stagnant productivity due to its failure to innovate as quickly as the other...

A number of GCC corporates have been active in the debt markets, especially in the recent past, as the bank lending had been constrained while the financial environment offered money at attractive lower interest rates. Considering the surge in issuances...

For several decades, gas sector has been on the backseat largely overshadowed by oil, which commanded a larger market compared to the aggregate of all the other commodity markets. Natural gas, the least polluting fossil fuel compared to its peers...

This article was originally published in Kuwait Times. Decrease in oil prices have led the member countries of GCC in search for alternative means of revenue. One way was to introduce a common tax called Value Added Tax (VAT) in...