In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Lord Adair Turner, Chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority (the UK market regulator) said the debt crisis in Dubai is "a normal adjustment process… and expected".
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ECONOMY: ‘Dubai crisis came as no surprise’, says UK Chairman of FS
