Abu Dhabi's ADGM financial centre to expand by ten times
路透社
23-05-08 08:37
The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) financial free zone is set to expand by ten times its existing area, in order to secure its position as the UAE's main financial hub and offer increased competition to the growing economic powerhouse, Saudi Arabia. With the addition of Al-Reem to its existing base on Al-Maryah island, the district will become one of the largest financial centres in the world at 1,438 hectares. By 2031, Abu Dhabi seeks to boost non-oil exports by 143% to $49bn, with non-oil sectors already comprising half of its 2022 real GDP.
Global institutions are concerned about a prolonged worldwide recession amid fears of slowed global economic growth. Reports predict that global GDP growth will stop growing at 2% this year, rising to 3% in 2024, before dropping to 2.2% around 2030, much lower than the average rate of 3.5% in the 2000s. IMF's latest World Economic Outlook warns of very low growth, increased risks and rocky recovery that may damage countries heavily. OECD's predictions are slightly more pessimistic, asserting that pre-pandemic recovery in China and India will offset sluggish progress in Japan, the US and Europe. With increasing Sino-American relationship conflicts, former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers anticipates a 70% chance of a recession in America. The current economic slowdown, coupled with the looming bifurcation of global supply chains, has deepened concerns, despite March's Fed injection of $300bn into liquidity to stabilise the financial system.
German industrial production fell 3.4% in March, missing analysts' expected 1.3% drop, with the weak performance blamed in part on certain sectors of the automotive industry. The country's industrial orders also fell by 10.7% in the same month and retail sales and exports also dropped, causing speculation that GDP could be adjusted downwards, possibly into recessionary territory.
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美国总统拜登指责他的前任唐纳德·特朗普在他的执政期间国债增加了40%。特朗普2017年上任时，国债总额接近20万亿美元，离职时超过27.8万亿美元。分析人士表示，虽然数字可能具有误导性，但特朗普可能要承担部分责任，因为4.3万亿美元的增长发生在他担任总统的最后10个月，当时需要大量政府支出来应对大流行的经济影响。曾为乔治·W·布什（George W. Bush）总统提供建议的经济学家查尔斯·布拉胡斯（Charles Blahous）已经确定，美国长期财政失衡的三分之二实际上是由于50多年的政策选择造成的。
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