In contrast to most other sectors of the art market, Persian carpets have continued to show strong demand through 2008 and 2009.

不同于其他领域的大多数艺术市场，波斯地毯的2008 - 2009季度需求量保持着强劲势头。

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U. S. intervention in the Persian Gulf has ensured a steady supply of cheap oil in the global market.

美国介入波斯湾，确保便宜的石油能稳定供应全球市场。

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While the Islamic finance market was once a local affair, deeply rooted in the Persian Gulf, now even Europe is getting in on the act.

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The gold market saw stepped up safe-haven buying support from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf, following the recent news Iran has halted oil shipments to some European countries, to pre-empt an EU ban on Iranian oil imports.

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Polygon's other hot areas are China, where the market is moving from huge volume growth in the 1990s to more expensive items, and the Persian Gulf region, especially Dubai and Saudi Arabia.

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