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Dubai World Expo: near-term boost, debt risks linger

The long-awaited World Expo in Dubai will get underway next Friday and while there is likely to be some boost to the economy, this will be short lived. What’s more, as we have long warned, the Expo could leave high rates of overcapacity in Dubai’s real estate and hospitality sectors in its wake that could ultimately re-ignite concerns about the debts of the Emirate’s government-related entities.

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