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The latest verified economic news, official data and analysis on Qatar, from The Edge for Economic Consultancy.
Macro · Oct 16, 2026 · 4 min read
The economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council are set to grow 9.1 percent in 2027, and the recovery of Qatar's gas capacity…
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Markets · Oct 15, 2026 · 5 min read
Eight of the nine Middle East markets fell on Thursday as the Houthis threatened more attacks on Saudi Arabia, while Cairo's EGX…
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Macro · Oct 15, 2026 · 4 min read
China's central bank and the central banks of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will further advance local-currency cooperation, deepen cooperation in cross-border…
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Markets · Oct 14, 2026 · 5 min read
Riyadh's Tadawul All Share fell 1.74 percent on Wednesday with 252 of 273 stocks lower, a day after a strike that sources…
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Macro · Oct 13, 2026 · 5 min read
Qatar has a portfolio of projects and investment opportunities valued at approximately 221 billion riyals, or 60.7 billion dollars, over the next…
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Markets · Oct 13, 2026 · 5 min read
Seven of the nine regional markets closed higher on Tuesday, and three of them ended long losing runs at once: Riyadh snapped…
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Markets · Oct 12, 2026 · 5 min read
Five of the nine Middle Eastern markets closed lower on Monday, while Doha's QE Index rose 1.15 percent to snap four straight…
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Markets · Oct 11, 2026 · 6 min read
Cairo returned to trading on Sunday with the region's deepest move, the EGX 30 giving back 1.99 percent to 52,206.70 on its…
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Macro · Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Qatar's official international reserves rose 10.85 percent from a year earlier to 223.447 billion riyals at the end of September, an increase…
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Markets · Oct 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Seven of the eight Middle Eastern markets that traded on Thursday closed lower, with Doha's QE Index down 2.21 percent in the…
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Markets · Oct 7, 2026 · 5 min read
Seven of the nine Middle East markets we track closed lower on Wednesday, led by Doha's 0.54 percent decline and Riyadh's 0.45.…
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Markets · Oct 6, 2026 · 6 min read
Riyadh's Tadawul All Share rose 1.05 percent to 10,589.95 on Tuesday, the board's strongest move on a day that split four rising…
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The economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council are set to grow 9.1 percent in 2027, and the recovery of Qatar’s gas capacity will now take a year and a half rather than three years, Jihad Azour, Director of the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia Department, told a regional briefing in Bangkok on 15 October….
Eight of the nine Middle East markets fell on Thursday as the Houthis threatened more attacks on Saudi Arabia, while Cairo’s EGX 30 rose 1.52 percent as the only gain, closing at its session high. Dubai’s four-session winning run ended with a 1.05 percent fall, and Qatar’s QE Index lost 1.35 percent to a level…
China’s central bank and the central banks of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will further advance local-currency cooperation, deepen cooperation in cross-border payments and expand two-way investment, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) said on 15 October after their fourth governors’ meeting in Bangkok on 14 October. PBoC Governor Pan Gongsheng also renewed the bilateral…
Riyadh’s Tadawul All Share fell 1.74 percent on Wednesday with 252 of 273 stocks lower, a day after a strike that sources told Reuters caused extensive damage to Saudi Aramco’s headquarters, and Kuwait lost 1.40 percent, while five of the nine markets rose, led by Amman’s 0.98 percent. The Houthis vowed further attacks on Saudi…
Qatar has a portfolio of projects and investment opportunities valued at approximately 221 billion riyals, or 60.7 billion dollars, over the next five years, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said on Tuesday as he opened the 55th annual session of the Shura Council. The economy grew 2.9 percent in real terms…
Seven of the nine regional markets closed higher on Tuesday, and three of them ended long losing runs at once: Riyadh snapped four straight declines, Abu Dhabi and Manama five each. Muscat’s 0.97 percent fall was the day’s deepest, with Cairo’s 0.68 percent decline beside it. Brent traded 1.65 percent below Monday’s settlement at 104.89…
Five of the nine Middle Eastern markets closed lower on Monday, while Doha’s QE Index rose 1.15 percent to snap four straight declines. Riyadh’s Tadawul All Share fell 0.74 percent in a fourth straight decline, with 57 gainers against 205 decliners on the exchange’s count, and Muscat’s MSX 30 ended its October winning run. Brent…
Cairo returned to trading on Sunday with the region’s deepest move, the EGX 30 giving back 1.99 percent to 52,206.70 on its first session since 7 October, the exchange having been shut Thursday for the holiday, while five of the seven markets that traded closed lower. Boursa Kuwait’s All-Share Index rose 0.08 percent to 8,639.30,…
Qatar’s official international reserves rose 10.85 percent from a year earlier to 223.447 billion riyals at the end of September, an increase of 21.888 billion riyals, according to Qatar Central Bank figures published on 8 October. International reserves and foreign currency liquidity, which add other liquid foreign currency assets, rose 0.46 percent to 262.279 billion…
Seven of the eight Middle Eastern markets that traded on Thursday closed lower, with Doha’s QE Index down 2.21 percent in the deepest fall. Riyadh’s Tadawul All Share lost 1.57 percent with 15 gainers against 249 decliners on the exchange’s count, and Muscat’s MSX 30, up 0.05 percent, was the only market to close higher,…