Ali Al-Salim
Gulf-based investor, sharing Middle East economic and investment insights. Passionate about architecture, philosophy and the great outdoors.
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The Palestinian Economy 1/ One must appreciate Palestine has been forcibly split into at least two discontiguous parts, the West Bank and East Jerusalem (3.2M population) and Gaza...
1/ Two questions for Gulf economies are increasingly important: a) why do they lack innovation? b) why do they struggle to create jobs for citizens? A few overarching and persiste...
1/ Could the Gulf experience a bank run? could it lead to a private sector credit crunch? As higher interest rates raise the cost of capital for Gulf borrowers, Gulf depositors co...
1/ Egypt : Addicted to Aid? For a country that has borrowed more than $75 Billion from the IMF and neighbours in just in the last decade, it’s surprising Egypt decided that buildi...
1/ Opportunity of the century for the GCC? The US/European pivot to rebuild supply chains OUTSIDE of China poses a unique economic and geopolitical opportunity for Gulf states to...
THREAD: 1/ Why UBI is #Kuwait’s best hope to survive the next 20 years.
Lots of discussion around Gulf states breaking their $ pegs. Pegs have kept Gulf currencies stronger than if they had freely floating exchange rates, so what are they protecting?...