AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoTrade: UAE non-oil foreign trade reached AED2.945 trillion ($800 billion) in the first nine months of 2026, up 10.1% year on year. Exports jumped 21.6% to a record AED706 billion. Investment: Malaysia’s planned Nexus Sedenak industrial and logistics hub is expected to attract up to RM12 billion and create about 45,000 jobs, with an inland port among the proposals. AI and jobs: Canva plans a major restructuring affecting about 1,271 employees as it responds to AI-driven change and its first growth slowdown. Data centers: Google has taken over Crusoe’s unfinished Wyoming data-center project as part of a planned $17 billion campus investment. Markets: Stocks fell in early trade, weighed by IT firms, while Nvidia dropped about 3% after hours. Cost of living: Malaysia’s inflation averaged 1.8% in the first nine months, but easing price increases have not erased household affordability pressures.
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