Pratap John

Global oil demand may average 100.03mn barrels per day (bpd) in 2022, up 4.24mn bpd from 2021; Rystad Energy said and noted that in a slow vaccination scenario, it expects oil demand to only reach 99.07mn bpd.

Qatar recorded the highest increase in domestic food production in the GCC in the five year period between 2014 and 2019, according to Alpen Capital.

Qatar’s GDP per capita will increase steadily and scale up to $71,087 in 2025, according to researcher FocusEconomics.This year, the country’s GDP per capita will amount to $61,223, FocusEconomics noted in a consensus forecast.

The Qatar hospitality market's total supply could exceed 44,000 rooms by the end of 2022, researcher ValuStrat has said in a report.

The global airline industry was seeing light at the end of the tunnel following successful rollout of vaccines in many countries, but the Delta variant seems to delay the recovery.

The pandemic-induced restrictions have had a toll on the number of arrivals into Qatar in the first half of 2021, which was down 82% year-on-year to 100,423 visitors, researcher ValuStrat said in a report.

Gold is expected to trade sideways in the coming months; Fitch Solutions said and noted the precious metal could struggle in 2022 as inflation pressures start to wane.

Qatar's “fairly open” foreign investment regime, “open” trading relationships with regional partners and “sophisticated” capital markets will remain strong aspects of its business environment, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has said in an economic update.