DUBAI- The United Arab Emirates' central bank said on Wednesday it expected gross domestic product to increase by 2% in the fourth quarter over the same period last year, the state news agency WAM reported.

The figure is a sign of "the big improvement" in the Gulf nation's economy, WAM said.

(Reporting by Dahlia Nehme; Editing by Gareth Jones) ((dahlia.nehme@thomsonreuters.com;))