Saudi bank lending drops marginally in November

02/01/2018 Argaam Special

 

Saudi bank lending to local private sector and non-financial public institutions dropped by 1 percent and 6 percent respectively in November year-on-year (YoY), figures released by Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) showed.

 

Domestic credit to the private sector dropped to SAR 1.41 trillion in November from SAR 1.42 a year earlier. While bank loans to non-financial public institutions slumped 6 percent to SAR 47.8 billion.

 

Loans to Private Sector (SAR bln)

Period

2016

2017

Change

January

1384

1409

+2%

February

1405

1410

+0.4%

March

1417

1415

(0.1%)

April

1422

1417

(0.4%)

May

1433

1422

(1%)

June

1439

1419

(1%)

July

1435

1417

(1%)

August

1437

1422

(1%)

September

1435

1415

(1%)

October

1437

1419

(1%)

November

1423

1415

(1%)

December

1405

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Loans to Public Non-Financial Institutions (SAR bln)

Period

2016

2017

Change

January

38.0

40.8

+7%

February

41.2

41.5

+1%

March

40.5

45.7

+13%

April

46.5

48.3

+4%

May

47.1

50.1

+6%

June

47.8

46.9

(2%)

July

44.8

50.9

+14%

August

47.9

49.2

+3%

September

47.4

46.6

(2%)

October

51.3

47.0

(8%)

November

51.0

47.8

(6%)

December

49.0

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