Fitch expects UAE GDP to rise this year and maintains high-grade credit rating
Fitch Ratings is expecting the UAE's economy to rise in 2026 and has maintained the country's high-grade credit rating, citing resilient fiscal buffers. Real gross domestic product in the Arab world's second-largest economy will grow by 0.5 per cent this year, despite an estimated 1.5 per cent contraction in non-oil GDP, the New York-based agency said on Fri