The Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) has released the thirty seventh issue of the quarterly publication “Window on Economic Statistics of Qatar”.
The reference quarter of this issue is the second quarter of 2021 (Q2, 2021). 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 international 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 2021 with that of the corresponding quarter of 2020 and, with that of the previous quarter (Q1, 2021).
• Part 3 contains articles on selected themes. This issue’s article is entitled "What is seasonal adjustment? Why is it essential to seasonally adjust time series data? ". The article discusses the issue of statistical data seasonal adjustment. The article defines seasonal adjustment, its importance, reasons, components of time series and describes the process of seasonal adjustment. The article also discusses application of seasonal adjustment on Quarterly National Accounts Statistics.
