Saudi banks’ Treasury bond holdings fall in March 2017

01/05/2017 Argaam

Saudi banks’ investments in Treasury bonds declined by SAR 202 million in March 2017, to SAR 178.7 billion, according to monthly data from the Saudi Arabian Monteray Authority’s (SAMA).

 

Meanwhile, assets held by the kingdom’s central bank fell SAR 28.8 billion in March, marking its lowest in more than five years.

 

Saudi banks investment in treasury bonds (SAR bln)

Month

Value

Variation

January 2016

86.7

+ 0.5

February

98.6

+ 11.9

March

120.6

+ 22.0

April

139.9

+ 19.3

May

153.5

+ 13.6

June

156.6

+ 3.1

July

167.3

+ 10.7

August

169.7

+ 2.4

September

173.0

+ 3.3

October

175.7

+ 2.7

November

177.0

+ 1.3

December

178.4

+ 1.4

January 2017

178.3

(0.1)

February

178.9

+ 0.6

March

178.7

(0.2)

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