Saudi Arabia’s central bank assets fell to SAR 2822 billion in November, a SAR 10 billion decline compared to the previous month.
The bank’s November 2014 assets, however, rose SAR 91 billion compared to the same month last year, according to the bank’s monthly news letter released on Thursday.
SAMA's Assets in 2014 (SAR bln) |
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Change (SAR bln) |
Assets (SAR bln) |
Month |
+42 |
2781 |
January 2014 |
(4) |
2777 |
February 2014 |
+5 |
2782 |
March 2014 |
+7 |
2789 |
April 2014 |
+14 |
2803 |
May 2014 |
(8) |
2795 |
June 2014 |
+6 |
2801 |
July 2014 |
+39 |
2840 |
August 2014 |
(16) |
2824 |
September 2014 |
+8 |
2832 |
October 2014 |
(10) |
2822 |
November 2014 |
The central bank’s investments in foreign securities— which represent more than 70 percent of its assets— rose for the 58th consecutive month to SAR 2045 billion by the end of November 2014, a five percent increase compared to the same month last year.
SAMA's Assets for November 2014 (SAR bln) |
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Change |
2014 |
2013 |
Period |
+10% |
217.8 |
198.0 |
Foreign currency and gold |
+14% |
37.5 |
32.9 |
Cash on hand |
(%9) |
491.2 |
537.5 |
Deposits at foreign banks |
+5% |
2045.0 |
1946.5 |
Securities and investments abroad |
+92% |
30.2 |
15.7 |
Other assets |
+3% |
2821.7 |
2730.6 |
Total |
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