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Qatar: Staff Report for the 2014 Article IV Consultation

May 6, 2014

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Qatar: Staff Report for the 2014 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed December 14, 2024

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Summary

This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that Qatar’s macroeconomic performance has remained strong. GDP growth slowed from 13 percent in 2011 to 6.2 percent in 2012, mostly owing to the self-imposed moratorium on additional hydrocarbon production from the North Field. Growth was 6.5 percent in 2013, driven by strong expansion in the nonhydrocarbon sector. The negative spillovers from sluggish global growth and financial market volatility have been limited. The baseline macroeconomic outlook is positive. GDP growth could stay at about 6 percent in 2014, with public investments keeping growth at about 6–7 percent over the medium term.

Subject: Banking, Credit, Expenditure, Money, Public debt, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Public investment spending

Keywords: Barrel oil price, Budget blueprint, CR, Credit, East Africa, Finance management information system, Global, ISCR, Management framework, Middle East, North Africa, Price pressure, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Public investment spending, Qatar, Staff appraisal, Surplus

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    53

  • Volume:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2014/108

  • Stock No:

    1QATEA2014001

  • ISBN:

    9781484368541

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

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