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Goldman Sachs now puts Chinese growth at around 4 percent early in the third quarter, down from 4.3 percent and short of Beijing's own target. The bank reads the miss as a reason policymakers finally move, not a reason to worry, and the gap between those two reactions is the part investors are pricing.
Real Estate
Occupancy across Dubai's three integrated economic zones hit 96 percent in the first half of the year, with the company count up 13 percent and headcount up 24 percent. The zones are responding by building rather than waiting, and the investment arm attached to them is now the busiest venture backer in the country.
Finance
London's non dom exodus and volatility around the Gulf have sent tens of thousands of wealthy households looking for a new base, and most of that money has landed in Dubai. Turkey now wants a share of it, and its pitch to the Istanbul Financial Centre is more serious than the reputation suggests.
Finance
The Dubai International Financial Centre has passed 10,000 active firms for the first time, adding 2,318 new companies in a single year even as a regional conflict weighed on tourism, aviation and property. The resilience of the finance and wealth sectors is the part worth sitting with.
