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Aramco IPO, Lebanon’s emergency, clouds over Dubai

The latest preparations ahead of a listing Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company, Aramco, are unlikely to result in a shift in oil policy. Elsewhere, Lebanese policymakers are finally acknowledging the scale of the country’s economic problems, but the markets are probably getting ahead of themselves in thinking that this will result in meaningful action. Finally, evidence is mounting that Dubai’s economy is struggling and we are increasingly concerned that this will lead to renewed debt problems.

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