Saudi banks’ treasury bond holdings rise in March

03/05/2018 Argaam Special

 

Saudi banks’ investments in treasury bonds rose to approximately SAR 273.7 billion in March, an increase of SAR 4.3 billion from the previous month, new data from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) showed.

 

Meanwhile, SAMA’s foreign assets jumped SAR 32.8 billion in March to SAR 1.91 trillion.

 

Saudi Banks Investment In Treasury Bonds (SAR bln)

Month

Value

Variation

January 2017

178.3

(0.1)

February

178.9

+ 0.6

March

178.7

(0.2)

April

194.9

+ 16.2

May

197.8

+2.9

June

200.4

+ 2.6

July

215.8

+15.4

August

228.5

+12.7

September

235.4

+ 6.9

October

244.9

+9.5

November

250.7

+ 5.8

December

254.4

+3.7

January 2018

262.2

+7.8

February

269.4

+7.2

March

273.7

+4.3

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