Qatar Central Bank Home Page Economic Database   |      About QCB     Policy Framwework     Institutional Supervision & Licensing     Public Debt     Financial Stability     Payments System     Publications & Statistics     Money Laundering     Consumer's Complaints Speeches Museum Careers Training Events Links   Main Economic Indicators         Percentage 2005 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 GDP Growth 4.8 10.0     Inflation Rate -0.22 5.83 2.8   Growth Rate of Money Supply (M2) 11.6 11.8 1.8   Current Account/GDP 23.1 26.8     Budget Surplus (Deficit)/ GDP -7.0 -23.9   Securities Market Index (Points) 11,148 10,484 12,512   Market Capitalization (Billions QR) 329.6 305.2 364.3           News and Events          01-01-2006     A comprehensive time series database on the Qatari economy is coming online soon.     Qatar is the first country to have its metadata organized in DQAF framework .     FSAP Sechedule for Qatar, tentatively Oct 2006 .           Newly Issued     5-1-2006     Circular No. 9/2006 Effective 5/1/2006, banks operating in qatar are allowed to financ