The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) today released the seventh issue of the quarterly publication “Window on Economic Statistics of Qatar”. The reference quarter of this issue is the fourth quarter of 2013 (Q4 2013).   The main objective of this report is to collate in one document all the latest statistics relating to key economic variables and to inform about most recent developments taking place in the State of Qatar at the macro-economic and at the sectorial level. The indicators cover the following sectors, National Accounts and Prices, Foreign Merchandise trade and Balance of Payments, Government Revenue and Expenditure, and selected financial indicators.The publication comprises three Parts; the first one contains a Dashboard that compares the economic performance of Qatar with other economies and regions in terms of three indicators Real GDP growth rate, inflation rate as measured by the CPI and the current account balance as % GDP. Quarterly data series for 2012 and 2013 and annual data for the years 2007-2013 relating to 30 macro-economic indicators are provided at Table 2 and Table 3. Two new tables relating to balance of payments statistics have been included, for the first time, in this issue. The second part presents an analysis of the latest statistics published by the Economic Statistics Department of MDPS on (Quarterly GDP, CPI, PPI, Exports and Imports) and compares the performance in the fourth quarter of 2013 with that of the corresponding quarter of 2012 and, with that of the previous quarter. And the third part contains articles on selected themes. The title of the article included in this issue is: Methodology used for the compilation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI).  To view previous releases, please visit: QALM website To View the 7th Issue of Window on Economic Statistics of Qatar Q4-2013: click here