The Impacts of Dubai's Financial Crisis

The main cause for a decrease in trade, a hike in prices for imported goods like rice and pulses (due to shortages) and for Dubai increasing air transport availability to other countries like Texas is due to the Great Recession that hit the world in 2008. Although Dubai wasn’t part of the crisis directly, we were affected by the repercussions of the international economic system as U.A.E plays an active and influential role in international economic relations.

I have to admit that we are very blessed with so many beautiful and breathe taking cities in the world. Dubai is just one of the many countries which has advanced from their humble beginnings and today are multi million tourist. Dubai is another city which has moved from having not as much as other countries once did such as money and a stable economy, to one of the richest cities in the world. In 1966 oil was discovered in Dubai and was a catalyst for Dubai’s economic growth. From a country that had come from not having a stable economy and not a lot of money, it has become like I said earlier, one of the richest cities in the

There have been few financial crises in the United States. The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 to 2009 was the most recent and before that was The Great Depression of the 1930s. The Global Financial Crisis actually began in 2007 when prices of homes tanked. It not only affected the U.S. but it also affected economies overseas. The entire investment banking industry, some of the biggest insurance companies, enterprises government used for mortgage lending, top mortgage lenders, the largest savings and loan companies, and two of the largest commercial banks were many of the financial sectors affected by the crisis. “Banks stopped making loans, share prices plunged throughout the world and most of the world plummeted into a recession” (The Financial Crisis of 2008: Year In Review 2008,” 2009, para. 1).

The city of Dubai is situated in the heart of the Arabian Peninsula. Part of the United Arab Emirates UAE, this city-state is aspiring to be major metropolis and the most populated in UAE with a population of 2.1 million approx. Dubai is also one of the richest economies of the world with ‘an estimated per capita income of $37000/-’10

The global financial crisis of 2007 - 2009 was a destructive phenomenon, which adversely affected development of the international financial system in during globalization. This crisis has acquired a global status, as it started in one country (USA), gradually spreading to other countries, regions, continents and eventually all the world space. According to Bloomberg, the financial crisis in 2007 – 2009 caused damage to banks shareholders worth more than 690 billion US dollars. In contrast, the total losses in the banking sector worldwide during the crisis in the early 1990s amounted to 200 billion US dollars. The 2007-09 crisis is characterized by a decline in total value of national wealth of the world: from 107 trillion to 50 trillion US dollars.

The recent Global Financial Crisis (GFC) initially began with the collapse of credits and financial markets, which caused by the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the US in 2007. The sub-prime mortgages were given to high-risk lenders (with bad credit history) who were in danger of defaulting, which eventually caused a global credit crunch, where the banks were unwilling to lend to each other. In October 2008, the collapse of the major financial institutions and the crash of stock markets marked the peak of this global economic slowdown (Euromonitor International, 2008).

The turmoil in the international financial markets of advanced economies, that started around mid-2007, has exacerbated substantially since August 2008. The financial market crisis has led to the collapse of major financial institutions and is now beginning to impact the real economy in the

The worldwide impact of the recent financial crisis outlines the importance of having a decent understanding of crises. Latest episode has definitely showed that status of economic as well as the financial performance is greatly affected by financial turmoil. During the crisis, world stock markets have been collapsed, largest financial institutions have been bought out or fallen, and the wealthiest nations like UAE, UK of USA had to stand up and aid their financial systems as well as the economic ones. World economic activity was a common topic in the newspapers for many years after it has occurred. “The present financial crisis is a culmination of many systematic factors. The economic crisis has made us to believe that world

The stock price plunge and the severe credit crunch we are watching today in the global financial markets are byproducts of the developments in the US six years ago. In late 2001, fears of global terror attacks after 9/11 shook an already

The purpose of this paper is to describe the 2007-08 financial crisis in the U.S, it’s impact on world economy and why did it affect other countries of the world. Firstly, this paper will give information about the 2007-08 financial crisis in the U.S. and what were the main causes for it. The paper will discuss what impact the financial crisis had on different parts of the world and why did it have that impact. At the end, this paper will discuss which countries were the most affected by the financial crisis.

Dubai is the largest city in the UAE with a population of more than a 17 million people, which makes 35.6% of

AbstractIn 2008 the world was fell into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of 1929-1933. Although this crisis has gone, however, its consequences for the economy of many countries is very serious, even now many nations are still struggling to escape difficulty. Just in a short period, the crisis originating from America has spread to all continents. It led to a series of serious consequences such as the falling in stock markets, increasing in unemployment rates, large financial institutions had been

The 2007 crisis in the US is not an isolated event. It had overarching effect across the globe. Stock markets across the globe collapsed. For instance, stock price in Germany fell by 7%, India by 7%, China by 5.1% in just one day in 2008 .

Between the years of 2007 to 2008, the world was faced with a major financial meltdown with global market failures and economies in shambles. The emergence of subprime mortgages and the collapse of securitized derivatives led to much speculation of different causes. What was the root factor that led to the triggering of this financial crisis? This research conducts a comparative analysis of my research and beliefs on the cause of the crisis contrary to other researchers’ conclusions. It is an aim to provide my hypothesis on the leading factors and conduct an analysis from experts to test my hypothesis. Experts’ results were examined to reach the solution that factor such as securitization; easy money and other issues was the main known causes of the crisis. Although there is no specific root cause, I came to the conclusion that due to historical evidence, easy money was the cause of most financial crises.

Financial crisis of 2007-2008 is widely considered to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of 1930s. The origin of this big storm dated back to the high home prices of the United States. After America’s entire investment banking system was attacked, many industries such as auto industry also went bankrupt. Unfortunately, it spread quickly to the whole world, causing huge damages to the global economy. Therefore, my study will focus on the effects of the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Not only the effects on advanced and developing countries, but also the effects that can still be felt today.