​The Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) has released the twenty eighth issue of the quarterly publication “Window on Economic Statistics of Qatar”. The reference quarter of this issue is the first quarter of 2019(Q1 2019). 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 first quarter of 2019 with that of the corresponding quarter of 2018 and, with that of the previous quarter (Q4, 2018).

- Part 3 contains articles on specific topics. The title of the article presented in this issue is " Development of Data Collection Process in the Prices and Indices Section". The article reviews the experience of the Prices and Indices Section in the area of e-linking with the sources of consumer prices data and what e-link means. In addition, the article addresses the positive aspects of this linking on data collection process and extracting the required indicators .

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