Saudi holdings of US Treasuries rise by $15 bln in January 2019

04/03/2019 Argaam Special

 

Saudi Arabia’s holdings of US Treasuries stood at $320.2 billion in January 2019, a rise of $15.3 billion year-on-year (YoY), new data released by the US Treasury showed.

 

The Kingdom raised its holdings of US Treasuries by $50.5 billion in 2018.

 

Foreign assets of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) dropped SAR 33.5 billion to SAR 1.86 trillion last month. 

 

Saudi Banks Investment In Treasury Bonds (SAR bln)

Month

Value

Variation

January 2018

262.2

+ 7.8

February

269.4

+ 7.2

March

273.7

+ 4.3

April

278.9

+ 5.2

May

281.7

+ 2.8

June

284.3

+ 2.6

July

286.4

+ 2.1

August

290.6

+ 4.2

September

296.6

+ 6.0

October

301.1

+4.5

November

303.2

+2.1

December

304.9

+1.7

January 2019

320.2

+15.3

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