Saudi banks’ investments in treasury bonds increased by around SAR 31.1 billion year-on-year to SAR 336 billion in Q1 2019, new data from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) showed.
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			 Saudi Banks Investment In Treasury Bonds By Quarter (SAR bln)  | 
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			 Month  | 
			
			 Value  | 
			
			 Variation  | 
		
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			 Q1 2017  | 
			
			 178.68  | 
			
			 + 0. 6  | 
		
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			 Q2 2017  | 
			
			 200.41  | 
			
			 + 21.7  | 
		
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			 Q3 2017  | 
			
			 235.41  | 
			
			 + 35.0  | 
		
| 
			 Q4 2017  | 
			
			 254.42  | 
			
			 + 19.0  | 
		
| 
			 Q1 2018  | 
			
			 273.71  | 
			
			 + 19.3  | 
		
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			 Q2 2018  | 
			
			 284.30  | 
			
			 + 10.6  | 
		
| 
			 Q3 2018  | 
			
			 296.61  | 
			
			 + 12.3  | 
		
| 
			 Q4 2018  | 
			
			 304.93  | 
			
			 +8.3  | 
		
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			 Q1 2019  | 
			
			 336.01  | 
			
			 +31.1  | 
		
Saudi banks’ treasury bond holdings increased by SAR 4.8 billion month-on-month in March 2019.
SAMA’s foreign assets rose by SAR 48.4 billion for the month to around SAR 1.89 trillion.
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			 Saudi Banks Investment In Treasury Bonds (SAR bln)  | 
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			 Month  | 
			
			 Value  | 
			
			 Variation  | 
		
| 
			 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  | 
		
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			 January 2019  | 
			
			 320.2  | 
			
			 +15.3  | 
		
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			 February  | 
			
			 331.2  | 
			
			 +11.0  | 
		
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			 March  | 
			
			 336.0  | 
			
			 +4.8  | 
		

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