The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), the kingdom’s central bank, saw its assets fall to about SAR 2,792 billion in December, about SAR 30 billion lower than the previous month, the bank said in its monthly report.
Compared to the same month a year earlier, however, the central bank’s assets climbed SAR 53 billion in December 2014.
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SAMA Assets in 2014 |
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Change (SAR bln) |
Assets (SAR bln) |
Month |
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+42 |
2781 |
Jan |
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(4) |
2777 |
Feb |
|
+5 |
2782 |
March |
|
+7 |
2789 |
April |
|
+14 |
2803 |
May |
|
(8) |
2795 |
June |
|
+6 |
2801 |
July |
|
+39 |
2840 |
Aug |
|
(16) |
2824 |
Sep |
|
+8 |
2832 |
Oct |
|
(10) |
2822 |
Nov |
|
(30) |
2792 |
Dec |
The central bank’s investments in foreign securities— more than 70 percent of its total assets— climbed to SAR 1,999 billion by end of December, two percent higher than the same month a year earlier. The bank continued its uptrend for 59 months in a row.
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Assets - December 2014 (SAR bln) |
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Change |
2014 |
2013 |
Period |
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+11% |
216.1 |
194.7 |
Foreign currency and gold |
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+24% |
35.2 |
28.3 |
Cash on hand |
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(7%) |
511.0 |
546.6 |
Deposits at foreign banks |
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+2% |
1998.6 |
1952.8 |
Securities investments abroad |
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+91% |
31.2 |
16.3 |
Other assets |
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+2% |
2792.1 |
2738.7 |
Total |
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