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Floating currencies in the Gulf a long way off

Recent calls for the Gulf countries to ditch their dollar pegs and allow their currencies to float are likely to fall on deaf ears. While there are some arguments in favour of shifting to more flexible currency regimes, we think that the dollar pegs are here to stay.

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