{
  "id": 6277659,
  "title": "State budget posts QAR21.2 billion deficit in Q2 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/state-budget-posts-qar21-2-billion-deficit-in-q2-2026",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-08T12:32:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/08/09/2026/state-budget-posts-qar212-billion-deficit-in-q2-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Ministry of Finance of Qatar has reported a QAR21.2 billion deficit in the state general budget for the second quarter of 2026, as announced today. According to the Ministry's statement via its official \"X\" platform, total revenues for the quarter amounted to approximately QAR25.6 billion, while total expenditures reached about QAR46.8 billion. The Ministry further detailed that expenditures were allocated to salaries and wages (QAR17.611 billion), current expenditures (QAR19.662 billion), major capital expenditures (QAR8.748 billion), and minor capital expenditures (QAR858 million). This follows a QAR10.3 billion deficit recorded in the first quarter of 2026.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}