The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) has released the twenty first issue of the quarterly publication “Window on Economic Statistics of Qatar”.
The reference quarter of this issue is the second quarter of 2017(Q2 2017). 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.
It is a very handy report and is meant to help diverse users, in particular, policy and decision makers.
This publication comprises three parts:
- Part 1 presents 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 2 presents an analysis of the quarterly statistics relating to GDP, CPI, PPI, Exports and Imports and compares the performance in the second quarter of 2017 with that of the corresponding quarter of 2016 and, with that of the previous quarter (Q1 2017).
- Part 3 contains articles on specific topics. The title of the article presented in this issue is " Foreign Merchandise Trade Statistics: Procedures of Data Cleansing and Dissemination". The article addresses the methods used to verify the information issued by the Section of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, reviewing the standard units of quantity, the role of the system used in detecting illogical data and some documents used to verify the data. The article, also touches on the methods of disseminating foreign merchandise trade statistics, reviewing its media and formatting taking into consideration the Statistics Law No. (2) of 2011