GCC hiring fell 3% in the second quarter of 2026 while investment management, mining, finance, data and AI, cyber and manufacturing kept adding jobs. This analysis shows which Gulf sectors are still recruiting and how UAE and Saudi quotas apply to the roles that still receive approval.
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Six months after conflict disrupted regional travel, GCC tourism job losses have reached 137,000 and the labor contraction is still uneven across member states. This piece breaks down where the cuts landed, how SME suppliers are absorbing the financial strain through stretched payment cycles, and how Gulf logistics networks are pivoting toward Asian trade to offset the loss in Western leisure travel.
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Six months after drone strikes disabled AWS facilities in the UAE and Bahrain, GCC enterprises are weighing the cost of physical data center hardening against sovereign cloud migration. Here is what changed and what comes next.
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The Strait of Hormuz closure broke the usual link between high oil prices and full Gulf treasuries. Six months later, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are running deficits that outpaced their own projections, sovereign wealth funds have redirected capital toward domestic defense, and Oman’s ports have become the region’s only reliable trade route. Here is what the first two quarters actually cost, country by country.
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Gulf businesses split into two groups this year. Some restructured early and gained market share. Others waited for old conditions to return and lost ground. This review breaks down the sector divergence, the SME policy tools each country used, and what the venture capital slowdown actually means.
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