MIDEAST WEEKAHEAD-Markets to contend with slowing Gulf earnings growth

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* Base effect wanes as recovery from global crisis is completed * Property firms, banks in particular to lose steam * Dubai Q2 earnings growth to remain fastest among major markets * Petchems seen lifting Saudi to second place * Industries Qatar, Ooredoo to weigh on Doha By Olzhas Auyezov DUBAI, July 10 (Reuters) - Slowing corporate earnings growth in major Gulf eco**mies is an issue for the region's stock markets, which may have to get used to more modest rates of profit expansion in coming months. Over the past two years, corporate profits in the Gulf have risen as eco**mies have recovered from the global financial crisis, which triggered property market crashes and a string of debt restructurings in the region. This boosted stock markets sharply. Companies in Saudi Arabia and Qatar are starting to an**unce second-quarter earnings this week, and they will be followed in the next few weeks by firms from the United Arab Emirates.

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