Making USD 250 a month, and faced with a pay cut as construction jobs in Qatar became scarcer, Joseph realised he could no longer afford monthly instalments on his house and son's education. In January, after 15 years in the Gulf, he decided to go home.
Arnab Das of Roubini Global Economics says, in an interview to CNBC-TV18, that the economic scenario is not ready for the US Fed to pull the plug on QE and expects gold to trend down on a stronger dollar environment