Bank loans issued to Saudi Arabia’s private sector and public, non-financial institutions declined 0.2 percent year-on-year (YoY) to SAR 1.47 trillion in April, new figures released by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) showed.
Lending to the private sector slipped 0.4 percent YoY in the same month to SAR 1.42 trillion.
|
Loans to private sector (SAR trln) |
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|
Month |
2016 |
2017 |
Variance |
|
January |
1.384 |
1.409 |
+2% |
|
February |
1.405 |
1.410 |
+0.4% |
|
March |
1.417 |
1.415 |
(0.1%) |
|
April |
1.422 |
1.417 |
(0.4%) |
|
May |
1.433 |
-- |
-- |
|
June |
1.439 |
-- |
-- |
|
July |
1.435 |
-- |
-- |
|
August |
1.437 |
-- |
-- |
|
September |
1.435 |
-- |
-- |
|
October |
1.437 |
-- |
-- |
|
November |
1.423 |
-- |
-- |
|
December |
1.406 |
-- |
-- |
Meanwhile, loans to public, non-financial institutions rose 4 percent YoY to SAR 48.3 billion.
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Loans to public non-financial institutions (SAR bln) |
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|
Month |
2016 |
2017 |
Variance |
|
January |
38.0 |
40.8 |
+7% |
|
February |
41.2 |
41.5 |
+1% |
|
March |
40.5 |
45.7 |
+13% |
|
April |
46.5 |
48.3 |
+4% |
|
May |
47.1 |
-- |
-- |
|
June |
47.8 |
-- |
-- |
|
July |
44.8 |
-- |
-- |
|
August |
47.9 |
-- |
-- |
|
September |
47.4 |
-- |
-- |
|
October |
51.3 |
-- |
-- |
|
November |
51.0 |
-- |
-- |
|
December |
49.0 |
-- |
-- |
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