Good point gtrman.

Any imported goods coming from non dollar denominated economies - Asia, Europe etc are going to go up anyway with the value of the dollar falling.

Even without the almost certain inflation impact of these pay rises, there will be inflation in Qatar anyway.

We have seen gold go up, and other commodities are heading in the same way.

The only way for Qatar to avoid it is to de-peg from the US dollar, but I can't see that happening.