Sunday, February 7, 2010

Dubai Crisis: 2009

Key points:

• Global financial markets fall like nine pins following financial crisis in Dubai

• Dubai World, the flagship global investment holding company for the government there, seeks time till May 2010 to meet its repayment obligations

• Financial crunch created by plunge in real estate prices after the global economic meltdown

• Indian bourses record significant fall for two days on November 26-27; recover in the face of a concerted confidence building announcements by the Reserve Bank of India

• Europe worst affected; US saved due to a holiday; in India, the trading session had already passed

• Significant number of Indians work in Dubai; will their employability be affected, wonders FM Pranab Mukherjee

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