12/10/2026
UAE Business Pulse. Week of 05 to 11 October 2026.
Ten stories, and the three that change what you do this week.
01. The UAE PMI held at 55.3. Selling prices rose at the fastest pace in more than 15 years, the steepest since May 2011. A quote you issued in August is probably loss making now.
02. Bank credit grew AED 72.4 billion in a month. Personal lending rose 5.6 per cent. Corporate lending rose 2.4 per cent. Documentation decides which queue you join.
03. Nineteen days remain to appoint an e-invoicing provider. Turnover of AED 50 million and above, by 30 October. The system goes live on 01 January 2027.
04. Dubai residential sales fell 47 per cent in value to AED 72.6 billion across about 34,000 transactions. Off-plan took 65 per cent of the value.
05. New economy companies reached nearly 125,000, up about 37 per cent in a year.
06. Abu Dhabi freelancer licences rose 224 per cent in the first half. Commercial licences rose 4 per cent.
07. New sodium, sugar and fat limits reach free zone food companies. Fines run from AED 5,000 to AED 500,000.
08. Dubai passed its cashless target at 90.1 per cent, worth more than AED 8 billion to the economy.
09. Brent traded at 104.74 dollars. Crude flows ran near 98 per cent of pre-conflict levels. Refined product sat at 58 per cent.
10. An attack closed Riyadh airport on 10 October. Road freight still moves. People and documents do not.
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