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Economy: Recession exposes need for reform

By Simeon Kerr

Published: July 20 2009 01:38 | Last updated: July 20 2009 01:38

Dubai is not an economy geared up for a recession: successive years of stellar 15 per cent growth have been yanked from underneath the economy as Dubai’s greatest advantage over the past six years – its interconnectedness with the global economy – has come back to bite.

Even the June rally, prompted by rising oil prices and a return of confidence to the Gulf, has run out of steam as business settles in for a long, grim summer.

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