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Nov 2023
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Why Dubai has taken the top spot for cit...

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The dollar's rebound extended for a third day on Wednesday after some Federal Reserve policymakers left the door open to further rate hikes. Daniel Richards, senior economist, Emirates NBD joined us to discuss the latest on that and why we should be investing in new roads. Taimur Khan, Associate Director & Head of Research, CBRE, explained how residential transactions in the booming Dubai real estate market has reached new milestones exceeding previous records. Plus, a brand-new free paper has been launched in Dubai, with over 80,000 copies distributed across the UAE - Matthew Amlot from Arabian Business joined us to tell us more. Finally, Mo Mansour, Head of UAE, Remitly came down to Dubai CommerCity to explain why Dubai has been ranked as the number one city people from around the world want to move to. 

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