BLOOMBERG Central bankers continued their forceful push-back against market bets for interest rate cuts, deepening a global selloff across stocks and bonds. European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde and Governing Council member Klaas Knot warned on Wednesday that aggressive bets on interest-rate cuts aren’t helping policymakers in the battle to subdue inflation. That followed comments on Tuesday from Federal ...

DUBAI/ WAM Following directives by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) announced it has contributed AED43 million (US $11.7 million) in direct food aid for Gaza, in collaboration with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), bringing ...

DUBAI / WAM The total number of $10 million plus home sales in Dubai grew by 92.4 %to 431 sales during 2023, according to analysis carried out by global property consultancy, Knight Frank. The total value of sales above this price point grew by 91 % last year to $7.6 billion, 28 % of which was achieved in Q4 alone. ...