Qatar's economic growth has slowed in the second quarter to the lowest rate since the global financial crisis, with a 2.7 percent annual contraction in the mining and quarrying sector, which includes oil and natural gas production, Oil Price reported Oct. 2. Qatar's overall economic growth has slowed to a 0.6 percent increase in gross domestic product since the previous year. In June, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain imposed sanctions on Qatar , but this has only minimally damaged country's economy. Qatar's economy minster said the country's natural gas export revenues are helping cushion the blow from the economic blockade.