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Cards, wallets and bank apps now move the bulk of money inside Dubai. The next twelve months are about closing the last mile, the corner shops and taxis and old retail counters where cash still hangs on.
UAE
May data on the UAE non-oil private sector points to a faster pace of expansion, with new orders, output and employment all pushing further above the long-run averages. The composition of growth — not the headline figure — is the more interesting part of the read.
Infrastructure
Between 2032 and 2035, every flight currently using Dubai International is scheduled to move to Al Maktoum. The reset of the city's aviation system will reshape logistics, real estate and the businesses that sit between them.
Mobility
The UAE has taken roughly half of all Middle East electric-vehicle sales for the second year in a row. The interesting question is not how it got there — it is what the country is set up to capture next.
