The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency’s (SAMA), the Saudi Central Bank, assets rose to SAR 2840bn in August; SAR 39bn increase compared to July 2014.
SAMA’s August 2014’s assets rose SAR 173bn compared to its August 2013’s figure; according to SAMA’s monthly news letter released today.
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SAMA's Assets in 2014 |
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Change(SARbillion) |
(SAR billion) |
Month |
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+42 |
2781 |
January 2014 |
|
(4) |
2777 |
February 2014 |
|
+5 |
2782 |
March 2014 |
|
+7 |
2789 |
April 2014 |
|
+14 |
2803 |
May 2014 |
|
(8) |
2795 |
June 2014 |
|
+6 |
2801 |
July 2014 |
|
+39 |
2840 |
August 2014 |
SAMA’s investments in foreign securities, which represent more than 70% of its assets, rose for the 55th consecutive month to SAR 2088bn by the end of August 2014, 9% increase compared to the same month in 2013.
The following table illustrates SAMA’s assets details in August 2014:
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SAMA's Assets for August 2014 (SAR billion) |
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Change |
2014 |
2013 |
Period |
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+8% |
219.2 |
202.2 |
Foreigncurrencyandgold |
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+1% |
37.8 |
37.4 |
Cashonhand |
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(1%) |
464.8 |
471.1 |
Depositsatforeignbanks |
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+9% |
2088.0 |
1922.4 |
Securitiesinvestmentsabroad |
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(9%) |
30.5 |
33.5 |
Otherassets |
|
+7% |
2840.3 |
2666.5 |
Total |
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