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UAE economic growth expected at 2pc in 2019: central bank

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In its last quarterly report in March, the central bank said it expected GDP to grow 3.5pc .

Economic growth coming from the oil sector is expected to be 2.7pc , against 2.8pc  last year, because of lower oil production, the bank said in a statement.

Non-oil GDP growth instead is expected to be 1.8pc , against 1.3pc  last year.

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