Qatar budget surplus triples to $12 billion last fiscal year
Surplus at 44.5 bln riyals in 2011/12, or 7 pct/GDP; Spending jumps 11 pct to a record 158.9 bln riyals; Revenue up 31 pct at 203.4 bln riyals vs pvs fiscal year
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Surplus at 44.5 bln riyals in 2011/12, or 7 pct/GDP; Spending jumps 11 pct to a record 158.9 bln riyals; Revenue up 31 pct at 203.4 bln riyals vs pvs fiscal year
July 9, 2012 4:59Qatar set its budget with expenditures of 178 billion riyals ($49 billion) for the new fiscal year of 2012/13 and revenue of 206 billion riyals, the state news agency QNA reported.
May 29, 2012 6:01Nominal GDP seen growing 18 pct to $150 bln in 2011; Budget surplus seen at 5.7 pct of GDP in 2016
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