SAMA’s Assets up to SAR 2789bn in April

28/05/2014 Argaam Special

 

The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency’s (SAMA), the Saudi Central Bank, assets rose to SAR 2789bn in April, SAR 7bn increase compared to March 2014.

SAMA’s April 2014’s assets rose SAR 231bn compared to its April 2013’s figure; according to SAMA’s monthly news letter released today.

 

SAMA's Assets in 2014

Change(SARbillion)

(SAR billion)

Month

+42

2781

January 2014

(4)

2777

February 2014

+5

2782

March 2014

+7

2789

April 2014

 

SAMA’s investments in foreign securities, which represent more than 70% of its assets, rose for the 51st consecutive month to SAR 2036bn by the end of April 2014, 13% increase compared to the same month in 2013.

The following table illustrates SAMA’s assets details in April 2014:

 

SAMA's Assets for April 2014 (SAR billion)

Change

2014

2013

Period

+4%

194

186

Foreigncurrencyandgold

(28%)

21

29

Cashonhand

(2%)

509

518

Depositsatforeignbanks

+13%

2036

1808

Securitiesinvestmentsabroad

+61%

29

18

Otherassets

+9%

2789

2558

Total

 

 

 

 

 

Comments {{getCommentCount()}}

Be the first to comment

loader Train
Sorry: the validity period has ended to comment on this news
Opinions expressed in the comments section do not reflect the views of Argaam. Abusive comments of any kind will be removed. Political or religious commentary will not be tolerated.