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“The problem here in the region is the absence of regular official data encouraging the rumours [of economic problems],” Marios Maratheftis, head of regional research for the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan at Standard Chartered Bank.
Last week, the
“First, why are we seeing a capital injection? There is no problem with the capitalisation of banks,” he said. The move confused analysts, he said. “In my view we need deposits in the banking sector.” Since UAE banks compete for deposits, they offer high interest rates, contributing to
inflation.
With a blustering opening, chief economist for the government of Dubai Dr. Raed Safadi tried to assuage fears about the local economy.
“I live in
He said the UAE is still issuing more residency visas for
Initially, he said there were 59,000 more visas issued than cancelled in December 2008 and approximately 40,000 more visas issued than cancelled in January 2009. He then said that there was an average of 1,000 net visas issued each day in January.
The lack of public data became a point of indirect verbal sparring between IMF’s
“Would you rather we hit you with taxes so that we can report to you on a monthly basis?” Safadi said, directing his speech at the business community present at the discussion. “You ask for data, we want to provide you with data but we can only provide you with data if you give it to us.”
The IMF has not yet released its annual report on the UAE’s economy. Done in consultation with each member country, the so-called Article IV reports examine the economic health.
“If we don’t release the Article IV and the country decides it does not want to release it we do send out a public notice saying that decision has been made,” Ahmed said.
Safadi acknowledged that
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