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Saudi banks’ investments in treasury bonds increased by SAR 50.5 billion year-on-year to SAR 304.9 billion in 2018, new data from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) showed.
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Saudi Banks Investment In Treasury Bonds (SAR bln) |
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Period |
Value * |
Variation |
|
2008 |
90.7 |
(36.7) |
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2009 |
75.7 |
(15.0) |
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2010 |
61.9 |
(13.8) |
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2011 |
47.6 |
(14.4) |
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2012 |
42.5 |
(5.1) |
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2013 |
49.6 |
+ 7.1 |
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2014 |
53.1 |
+ 3.5 |
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2015 |
86.2 |
+ 33.0 |
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2016 |
178.4 |
+ 92.3 |
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2017 |
254.4 |
+ 76.0 |
Saudi banks’ treasury bond holdings increased by SAR 1.7 billion month-on-month in December.
SAMA’s foreign assets dropped SAR 24.3 billion for the month to around SAR 1.9 trillion.
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Saudi Banks Investment In Treasury Bonds (SAR bln) |
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Month |
Value * |
Variation |
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January 2017 |
178.3 |
(0.1) |
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February |
178.9 |
+ 0.6 |
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March |
178.7 |
(0.2) |
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April |
194.9 |
+ 16.2 |
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May |
197.8 |
+ 2.9 |
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June |
200.4 |
+ 2.6 |
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July |
215.8 |
+ 15.4 |
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August |
228.5 |
+ 12.7 |
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September |
235.4 |
+ 6.9 |
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October |
244.9 |
+ 9.5 |
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November |
250.7 |
+ 5.8 |
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December |
254.4 |
+ 3.7 |
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January 2018 |
262.2 |
+ 7.8 |
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February |
269.4 |
+ 7.2 |
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March |
273.7 |
+ 4.3 |
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April |
278.9 |
+ 5.2 |
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May |
281.7 |
+ 2.8 |
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June |
284.3 |
+ 2.6 |
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July |
286.4 |
+ 2.1 |
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August |
290.6 |
+ 4.2 |
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September |
296.6 |
+ 6.0 |
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October |
301.1 |
+4.5 |
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November |
303.2 |
+2.1 |
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December |
304.9 |
+1.7 |
* Doesn’t include government bonds and Sukuk issued internationally and bought by banks from secondary markets
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