This study investigates the impact of credit market performance on economic security  in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 1990 to 2023. Using the credit friction and  market freeze theory, advanced methodologies are employed, including the Gregory- Hansen  cointegration  test,  autoregressive  distributed  lag  (ARDL)  bounds  testing,  nonlinear ARDL (NARDL) model, the Kuznets curve, and Toda-Yamamoto causality  test. The Gregory-Hansen test identifies structural breaks, while the ARDL bounds test  confirms  a  long-term  relationship  between  economic  security  and  credit  market  components,  including  domestic  credit  supply  and  nonperforming  loans.  Results  indicate that both credit market and nonperforming loans negatively affect economic  security. Furthermore, higher lending interest rates and weak institutional quality are  detrimental, whereas rising oil prices, public expenditure, foreign capital inflows, and  real GD.....

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