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Podcast: Trending Middle East
Episode: Ramadan begins, Gulf central banks raise interest rates — Trending
Description: Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world.
On today's episode, the central banks of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar have raised their benchmark borrowing rates after the US Federal Reserve increased its key interest rate — as it tries to balance fighting inflation and financial stability.
With the start of Ramadan, Google is seeing a surge in various searches related to the holy month. So far, a lot of people have been asking the question, “what time is suhoor?” — the pre-dawn meal eat...