The UAE economy:The strain of rising debt

 

Concise statement

The UAE economy is progressively improving from the 2009 predicament. The banking segment was strengthened through considerable capital injections, and some progress  has been made in streamlining the debt of government –allied issues. The poorly real estate sector is opening to find  a foundation, but, given the ongoing saturate, an early and broad-based recovery of the sector remains unlikely.

 

 

 

 

Target audience

Persons who  have set up direct ‘cuts’ in their monthly payment, without  any progress notice where new rigorous actions to ‘cut costs’ are implemented, straight upsetting their ability to meet up their financial commitments (Camden 2011).Individuals who are not in a position of coping with the strain of rising debt, not  to reveal compounding interest, over limit, late and other appropriate interests being accrued.

Bank managers who endorse credit services where if experienced, most of the time insight serves professionals well and lastly is for persons not yet in debt, but fancies the idea and are currently in a support zone where they can be afforded the capability they wish because they can find themselves if they are not careful and alert of the pitfalls (Fernandez,2011)

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Background

Following the 2009 calamity, the economy has been gradually improving and repairing its balance sheets. The Dubai world debt reform was fulfilled, but several other concerned governments associated entities are still in the process of  reorganization. The  system strengthened the banking segment through liquidity support, recapitalization, and put guarantees and the emirate of Abu Dhabi provided monetary support to the emirate of Dubai.The Dubai financial support fund was called to support to the emirate of Dubai.According to Grigorian, (2013), the Dubai financial support fund was called to support troubled entities in the emirate and has now almost bushed its funding of $20 billion.

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Dubai has recognized monetary support to process $ 20 billion if its government debt payable by the United Arab Emirates and its capital, Abi Dhabi. The emergency lends that comes owing this year was issued during the 2009 financial tragedy, when Dubai’s actual market malformed.

Dubai being amongst the seven emirates in the UAE, approved a further five years to compensate the loan of 1% yearly interest rate. Accordint to the worlds monetary account,Dubai owes a total of $142 billion in debt, which is similar to 102%  gross domestic product.Since Dubai is sinking  in debt, ripples from the 2009 debt predicament still border lending in the emirate.

The banking sector resides saddled with non-performing loans, according to an IMF report  printed Oct 5.2013.The UAE’s debt-to-Gross Domestic Product come back as probable from the lesser. It is more liable to be able to pay off its loans. It minimizes the country’s borrowing costs and government union yields.

The UAE is very strictly greater compared to all developed countries. Further, its stock market is measured as a principal boundary marketplace because it has a minor market capitalization and fewer liquidities as compared to more superior promising markets. Dubai has to compete with advanced borrowing outlay as is will require $7 billion to expand infrastructure to host the World Expo in 2020. This will certainly strengthen the level to which Dubai is by now drowning in debt

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Analysis

As the UAE developed into a key service center in the Middle East, its reliance on oil exports declined.Based on its intense generosity and services sectors, transportation, tourism and logistics have been the foremost drivers of the post-2009 revitalization. The UAE has also benefited from elevated oil prices and tougher enlargement in Asia. Because of its alleged safe retreat position and industrial services sectors, the country benefited from a rise in demand for possessions by expatriates and a pitch in tourism in the areas of the mayhem in the MENA region that started last year.

Recent developments

Economic recovery

Even as the development in oil fabrication moderated in 2013, continuing public projects in Abu Dhabi and floating growth in Dubai’s services sectors maintain to emphasize growth. With  escalating economic series and also supported by the UAE’s supposed safe refuge condition amid regional unsteadiness, overall economic growth is anticipated to  reach 5% in 2013.According to  Hussainey (2012), the current account leftover reduced to 16% of Gross Domestic Product reflecting buoyant imports. The real estate sector has been improving at a top pace in some segments, particularly it the  Dubai housing market, where prices rose on average by 30% year-year rents.

Support accommodative monetary policy.

Banks remain adequately liquid, but personal segments credit development did not pick. In the light of low U.S significance rates, financial policy stayed accommodated beneath the predetermined substitute rate organization. Lending to the private sector has,  however  remained slow and lagged behind the revival in credit expansion in adjacent GCC countries, as surplus capability in the real estate division and the debut project still limit lending opportunities. Regardless of  unrelenting rise in nonperforming loans, the banking sector has remained well capitalized and money making, as the net concentration scope has remained relaxed.

Recovery supported by an expansionary fiscal policy

The consolidated government no hydrocarbon primary discrepancy rose to almost 42% of no hydrocarbon GDP in 2011 as Abu Dhabi amplified its current and growth expenditures, and extended considerable monetary support to Aldar, its flagship  actual land developer.Following a tightening in 2010, Dubai’s deficit amplified slightly in 2011, generally on account of more payments from the DFSF.Nevertheless, elevated oil prices led to an upgrading in the consolidated overall stability from a shortfall of 2.1 % of GDP in 2010 to an anticipated additional of  2.9 % of GDP in 2011.

Since  UAE emerged  into a main operations hub in the central declined distinctly.In reference  to its well-developed logistics, haulage, tourism and hospitality  services sectors have been a main driver of the post 2009 revitalization.UEA is gaining advantage from haughty oil costs  and tough expansion from Asia. Because of its alleged safe sanctuary rank and developed services segment, the country benefited from a boost in demand for goods by expatriates and a pitch in tourism in the wake of the mayhem in the MENA area that started last year.

Cons of the various policy options.

The recovery in hydrocarbon growth

Regardless of  the sustained domestic leveraging and the continuing saturate in the real estate market, actual no hydrocarbon DGP growth is expected to further reinforce to 3.5% , support of strong trade, tourism, logistics and manufacturing. With restricted prospective for additional increases in oil production in light of production of auxiliary increases in oil production in the radiance of production levels already close to proficiency, overall GDP enlargement is projected to remain restrained at around 1.5%. Supported by lofty oil prices, the exterior current version superfluous is expected to further amplify to 10.3% of DGP

Mitigating factors

Central bank and autonomous affluence fund overseas possessions present a comfortable barrier to the economy. Elevated oil prices in the situation  heightens local geopolitical tensions would further sustain economic revenues and the peripheral existing account, as long as oil experts are not disrupted . Heightened area tensions, while probable upsetting confidence, could also guide to transforming asylum capital inflows and amplified real estate order.

Impact of the international sanctions on Iran

Trade data accessible from 2011; advocate that worldwide sanctions on Iran since June 2010 have so far not led to a resilient cutback in Dubai’s bilateral trade with Iran. Both exports enlarged in 2011, dazzling an enhanced means of reexports, which explains for more than 90% of bilateral trade with Iran. According to Cheraghali (2013), trade impact on UAE expansion of the more current lessening sanctions by the US and EU on Iran is estimated to be logical. Trade could be exaggerated by dropping demand from Iran due to economic adversity, and by complications with trade finance and payments.

Recommendations

As confirmed and discussed all through this study, it is clear that the UAE’s major pillar is the oil sector. A  strategy  to diversify its economy with other sectors, but still these sectors are not similar with the enormous oil sectors. The autonomy on one major asset  is the leading driver to higher revelation to menace. That was manifested in the result of the economic predicament on the UAE, particularly in Dubai.So in order  to evade comparable depressions diversification in other sectors and improving them is an important way is  and is greatly recommended. Furthermore, apart from of how much power a sector is, intimidation ought to always be taken into considerations, despite of how much power and assurance the market is.

 

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