Dubai’s debt problems refuse to go away, as the IMF warns that the emirate’s debt will rise to 53% of GDP by 2016 if it does not act. Plus, sanctions on Iran could shave as much as 0.7% of UAE’s GDP.

Dubai’s debt may become unsustainable in the absence of policy change, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its periodic report on the UAE. READ MORE HERE

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