15 Jan 2024. Daniel Richards, Senior Economist, Emirates NBD gives us the latest on the situation in the Red Sea as oil prices flip-flopped last week amid the regional instability. As container shipping rates for key global trade routes soared this week, with U.S. and UK air strikes on Yemen stirring fears of a prolonged disruption to global trade in Red Sea, one of the world's busiest routes, we hear from the founder of online broker Container X-change. Plus, we hear from Slav Shakhov, Managing Partner, Cooper Fitch as he explains there's been a 6% increase in the number of new jobs in the GCC in quarter four 2023 when compared with quarter four 2022. Finally, could free transport for students in Dubai help curb the traffic? We'll have more on that with James Mullan, Founder, Which School Advisor.

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