Saudi general reserves stay unchanged in May

10/07/2017 Argaam Special

Saudi Arabia’s general reserves remained unchanged at SAR 636.9 billion in May 2017, when compared to the previous month, new data from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) showed.

 

In April, the Kingdom’s reserves hit their lowest level since January 2009, when they fell to SAR 333.4 billion.

 

Saudi General Reserves (2016-2017)

Month

Reserves (SAR bln)

 Variation (SAR bln)

May 2016

891.11

--

June

890.68

(0.43)

July

890.68

--

August

890.68

--

September

845.68

(45.00)

October

745.69

(100.00)

November

685.69

(60.00)

December

641.45

(44.24)

January 2017

641.78

+0.33

February

641.78

--

March

641.83

+0.05

April

636.89

(4.94)

May

636.89

--

 

Meanwhile, the Kingdom’s current account dropped by SAR 6.2 billion month-on-month in May to SAR 38.3 billion. 

 

Current Account (2016-2017)

Month

(SAR bln)

 Variation (SAR bln)

May 2016

78.94

+13.04

June

66.95

(11.99)

July

70.43

+3.48

August

53.05

(17.39)

September

82.57

+29.53

October

45.87

(36.71)

November

44.34

(1.53)

December

89.13

+44.79

January 2017

57.31

(31.82)

February

42.53

(14.78)

March

38.49

(4.04)

April

44.53

+6.04

May

38.30

(6.23)

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