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Qatar lowers interest rate
Qatar cut its overnight deposit rate by 50 basis points to 1.5 per cent, the first reduction in over two years, the central bank said yesterday. “Lowering the interest rate in Qatar was in line with the global and regional situation,” the bank said. Continued deflation in recent months and July’s rating upgrade by Standard & Poor’s by one notch to AA were also reasons for the cut, it added.