Qatar

While Qatar's government could turn out a small budget deficit in FY2009/10, it will continue to pursue an expansionary fiscal policy, heavy on investment, and we forecast a return... 2009-06-18

The Qatari economy will continue to record robust real growth rates over the coming five years, largely on the back of an expansion in oil and gas production levels. However, banking... 2009-06-17

Inflation will remain subdued over the course of the forecast period, with a rebalancing of the supply-demand fundamentals in the domestic property market likely to hold down rental... 2009-06-17

The banking sector's high exposure to the correcting domestic property market is a key risk to its overall stability, and so the government's latest intervention to purchase banks'... 2009-06-17

Our oil and gas team have recently revised up their natural gas production forecasts for Qatar. Consequently, we have revised up our 2009 and 2010 real GDP growth forecasts for the... 2009-05-29

In early May, the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) called on the government to review the draft of a proposed law that would allow foreign investors to own 100% of Qatari... 2009-05-29

A report in local newspaper the Peninsula on May 26 stated that Qatari banks have restarted disbursing mortgage loans. While this development will no doubt be welcomed by local real... 2009-05-26

The fall in Qatar's consumer price index (CPI) over the past few months illustrates that the transition from a climate of high inflation to one of deflation has occurred extremely... 2009-05-05

The fall in Qatar's consumer price index (CPI) over the past few months illustrates that the transition from a climate of high inflation to one of deflation has occurred extremely... 2009-05-05

The fall in Qatar's consumer price index (CPI) over the past few months illustrates that the transition from a climate of high inflation to one of deflation has occurred extremely... 2009-05-05