The United Arab Emirates' stimulus package is now at $70 billion. coronavirus
UAE. Cranes at a construction site with the world's tallest tower Burj Khalifa in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on March 11, 2019. File photo by Karim Sahib/AFP
Last month, oil-rich UAE announced stimulus worth $35 billion that included aid to the banking system, facilities for loans, and injecting funds into the bourses. In the new measures, the central bank reduced by half to 7% the reserves banks are required to keep for demand deposits, which can be withdrawn by clients anytime.
The regulator's new measures also allow banks to defer payment of loans for companies and clients until the end of 2020.
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