The UAE accounted for roughly 61% of sustainable debt issuance across the Gulf in all currencies during the first nine months of 2026, according to Bashar Al Natoor, Managing Director and Global Head of Islamic Finance at Fitch Ratings.

The GCC has built an industrial investment base worth USD 426 billion across nearly 22,000 factories, according to data from the Statistical Centre for the Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC-Stat).

Saudi Arabia’s foreign direct investment inflows (FDI) rose 33.5% to SR 159.1 billion (USD 42.4 billion) in 2025, up from SR 119.2bn in 2024, according to the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).

UAE net wealth is projected to climb to USD 6 trillion by the end of 2030, adding more than USD 2.3 trillion over five years at 10.6% annual growth, according to Boston Consulting Group’s Global Wealth Report 2026: The Great Reordering.

The UAE General Budget Committee has held its 15th meeting to review the draft federal budget under the medium-term strategic plan for the 2027–2029 fiscal years, with deliberations centred on fiscal year 2027.

The UAE’s real GDP reached AED 961.9 billion at constant prices in the first half of 2026, up 0.4% year-on-year, according to preliminary figures from the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC).

Precision medicine in the Middle East is forecast to grow by 10 to 12 per cent over the next five to seven years, according to a new Frost & Sullivan report produced for World Health Expo (WHX).

S&P Global Ratings has raised its forecast for Oman's real GDP growth in 2026 to 3.5% from 1.6%, citing higher oil production, stronger energy prices and increased trade and logistics activity, while affirming the sultanate's BBB- long-term and A-3 short-term sovereign ratings with a stable outlook.

Beijing-headquartered, publicly listed investment bank China Securities has received a license from the DIFC Authority to establish its regional presence in the Dubai International Financial Centre, and is also authorised by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).

Dubai has been ranked ninth and Abu Dhabi 13th in the September 2026 edition of the Global Financial Centres Index, placing two UAE cities among the world's leading financial hubs.