Country Report Qatar January 2011

Data and charts: Quarterly data

	2008	2009				2010
	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr
Prices
Consumer prices (2001=100)	135.3	126.9	125.6	123.7	121.9	121.3	121.7	n/a
Consumer prices (% change, year on year)	13.2	1.3	-2.9	-7.3	-9.9	-4.4	-3.1	n/a
Sectoral trends, crude oil
Production (m barrels/day)	0.82	0.76	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.78	0.78	0.78
Marine 36, spot prices (US$/barrel)	54.4	45.5	60.8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Financial indicators
Exchange rate QR:US$ (av)	3.64	3.64	3.64	3.64	3.64	3.64	3.64	3.64
Exchange rate QR:US$ (end-period)	3.64	3.64	3.64	3.64	3.64	3.64	3.64	3.64
M1 (end-period; QR bn)	50,870	54,922	51,451	52,526	56,653	63,166	61,463	n/a
M1 (% change, year on year)	24.9	-7.1	-23.1	-14.3	11.4	15.0	19.5	n/a
M2 (end-period; QR bn)	184,006	179,460	188,174	208,724	226,337	242,292	233,097	n/a
M2 (% change, year on year)	19.7	2.0	-4.5	6.7	23.0	35.0	23.9	n/a
Foreign trade (US$ m)a
Exports fob	12,616	10,068	9,886	12,126	14,103	15,057	13,787	n/a
Imports cif	-7,250	-6,048	-5,249	-5,470	-6,018	-5,431	-5,163	n/a
Trade balance	5,367	4,021	4,637	6,656	8,085	9,626	8,624	n/a
Foreign reserves (US$ m)
Reserves excl gold (end-period)	9,650	10,919	15,353	16,664	18,370	20,356	21,838	n/a
a Direction of Trade Statistics estimate.
Sources: International Energy Agency, Oil Market Report; Oil Market Intelligence; IMF, International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics.

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