His Excellency Sheikh Bandar bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani, Governor of Qatar Central Bank, Chairman of the Qatar Investment Authority, praised the importance of the Qatar Economic Forum, as a pivotal platform that brings together decision makers and experts to exchange visions on economic challenges and draw strategies, which would contribute to achieving financial stability and sustainable growth.
His Excellency explained in a statement to the Qatar News Agency / Qena / that the forum constitutes an important opportunity to highlight the pioneering projects announced by the Central Bank of Qatar in the fields of financial innovation and digital governance, within its continuous efforts to enhance the competitiveness of the State of Qatar regionally and globally as a digital financial center, in addition to contributing to attracting foreign direct and qualitative investments towards the banking sector and the financial technology sector.
He stressed that the forum reflects the strategic and reliability position that the State of Qatar has at the global level, given the distinctive components of the state, in light of the continued work to achieve Qatar National Vision 2030, and implement the goals of the third national development strategy 2024-2030.
His Excellency the Governor of the Central Bank of Qatar added in his statement to/Qena/that the Central Bank of Qatar was able during the four sessions of the forum to provide a clear and comprehensive vision of the Qatari economy, especially with regard to monetary policies and the ability of the central bank to manage these policies, as it succeeded in controlling inflation, so that Qatar is among the countries that are less in the rate of inflation, while achieving positive economic growth, in addition to the tangible progress in the fields of financial technology and intelligence Artificial, which was praised by international financial institutions, led by the International Monetary Fund.
His Excellency pointed out that the forum constitutes an opportunity to consult with senior officials on financial issues and economic trends, and to explore the means of cooperation to face the challenges facing global markets.