The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) has released the eighteenth issue of its quarterly publication “Window on Economic Statistics of Qatar”. The reference period of this issue is the third quarter of 2016. All the latest available macro-economic indicators, relating to National Accounts, Prices, Public Finance, and the Balance of Payments have been assembled in a single report.
The publication includes handy report helping the diverse users, in particular, policy and decision makers.
Part one includes a dashboard comparing the economic performance of Qatar with other economies and regions, in terms of three indicators: (i) Real GDP annual growth rate, (ii) CPI (y-o-y) change and (iii) Current Account Balance as percentage of GDP, as well as data series (quarterly and annual) on some thirty economic indicators.
Part two presents an analysis of the quarterly statistics relating to GDP, CPI, PPI, exports and imports and compares the performance in the third quarter of 2016 with that of the corresponding quarter of 2015 and, with that of the previous quarter.
Part three of the publication contains articles on specific topics such as “Main changes in the updated “Metadata to Document Methodology, 2017” which is an updated version of the publication on metadata, disseminated for the first time, in September 2014. Whilst the first version provided a description of the compilation methodology as at December 2013, the update presents metadata as at January 2017.
