SAMA’s Assets Soar to SR1.85 trln

29 Nov 2021

Maaal Riyadh

اقرأ المزيد

Assets of the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) reached SR1.85 trillion, at the end of October, up SR31.3 billion, or 1.7%, from SR1.82 trillion, in October 2020.

However, the assets decreased by SR38.2 billion, or 2%, from their levels in September, 2021, which as it was SR1.89 trillion.

These assets increased by about SR26 billion, in October 2021, compared to the same month, in 2020, despite a 13.2% decrease in deposits with foreign banks, to SR270.3 billion , up from SR311.37 billion, in 2020, while investments in foreign securities increased to SR1,136 billion, up from SR1,091.56 billion, in 2020, and other assets increased by about SR26 billion.

In addition to other assets, the Saudi Central Bank’s assets included foreign exchange and gold, cash in the fund, deposits with international banks, and investments, in various foreign securities.

SAMA’s Assets, in Oct 2020-2021
	Period	2021	2020	Change %
1	Foreign currency and gold	261.1	264.0	-1.1
2	Cash in the box	34.8	29.4	18.3
3	Deposits with banks abroad	270.3	311.4	-13.2
4	Investments in securities abroad	1136.0	1091.6	4.1
5	Other assets	150.3	124.8	20.4
Total		1852.5	1821.2	1.7

SAMA’s assets from Jan., 2012 to Oct., 2021
	The month	Assets (billion riyals)	Monthly change%
1	Jan, 2012	2091.0	1.6
2	Feb, 2012	2134.0	2.0
3	March, 2012	2154.0	1.0
4	April, 2012	2193.0	1.8
5	May, 2012	2240.0	2.1
6	June, 2012	2264.0	1.1
7	July, 2012	2287.0	1.0
8	August, 2012	2322.0	1.5
9	Sep, 2012	2348.0	1.1
10	Oct, 2012	2392.0	1.9
11	Nov, 2012	2430.0	1.6
12	December, 2012	2485.0	2.3
13	Jan, 2013	2498.0	0.5
14	Feb, 2013	2488.0	-0.4
15	March, 2013	2537.0	2.0
16	April, 2013	2558.0	0.9
17	May, 2013	2602.0	1.7
18	June, 2013	2614.0	0.5
19	July, 2013	2617.0	0.1
20	August, 2013	2667.0	1.9
21	Sep, 2013	2661.0	-0.2
22	Oct, 2013	2723.0	2.3
23	Nov, 2013	2731.0	0.3
24	December, 2013	2739.0	0.3
25	Jan, 2014	2781.0	1.6
26	Feb, 2014	2777.0	-0.2
27	March, 2014	2782.0	0.2
28	April, 2014	2789.0	0.3
29	May, 2014	2803.0	0.5
30	June, 2014	2799.0	-0.2
31	July, 2014	2801.0	0.1
32	August, 2014	2840.0	1.4
33	Sep, 2014	2824.0	-0.6
34	Oct, 2014	2832.0	0.3
35	Nov, 2014	2822.0	-0.4
36	December, 2014	2792.0	-1.1
37	Jan, 2015	2791.0	0.0
38	Feb, 2015	2713.0	-2.8
39	March, 2015	2656.0	-2.1
40	April, 2015	2620.0	-1.4
41	May, 2015	2599.0	-0.8
42	June, 2015	2572.0	-1.0
43	July, 2015	2563.0	-0.3
44	August, 2015	2549.0	-0.5
45	Sep, 2015	2509.0	-1.6
46	Oct, 2015	2493.0	-0.6
47	Nov, 2015	2441.0	-2.1
48	December, 2015	2373.0	-2.7
49	Jan, 2016	2318.0	-2.2
50	Feb, 2016	2288.9	-1.3
51	March, 2016	2245.2	-1.9
52	April, 2016	2221.2	-1.1
53	May, 2016	2227.0	0.3
54	June, 2016	2185.0	-1.9
55	July, 2016	2177.0	-0.4
56	August, 2016	2169.0	-0.4
57	Sep, 2016	2165.0	-0.2
58	Oct, 2016	2124.0	-1.9
59	Nov, 2016	2081.0	-2.0
60	December, 2016	2076.9	-0.2
61	Jan, 2017	2028.6	-2.3
62	Feb, 2017	2000.2	-1.4
63	March, 2017	1971.3	-1.4
64	April, 2017	1956.0	-0.8
65	May, 2017	1937.8	-0.9
66	June, 2017	1935.8	-0.1
67	July, 2017	1913.5	-1.5
68	August, 2017	1874.3	-2.0
69	Sep, 2017	1878.0	0.1
70	Oct, 2017	1902.6	1.3
71	Nov, 2017	1911.5	0.5
72	December, 2017	1903.7	-0.4
73	Jan, 2018	1904.4	0.0
74	Feb, 2018	1877.3	-1.4
75	March, 2018	1910.1	1.8
76	April, 2018	1936.0	1.4
77	May, 2018	1930.8	-0.3
78	June, 2018	1940.0	0.5
79	July, 2018	1922.0	-0.9
80	August, 2018	1952.4	1.7
81	Sep, 2018	1942.5	-0.5
82	Oct, 2018	1931.6	-0.6
83	Nov, 2018	1924.2	-0.4
84	December, 2018	1899.9	-1.3
85	Jan, 2019	1866.4	-1.8
86	Feb, 2019	1844.4	-1.2
87	March, 2019	1892.8	2.6
88	April, 2019	1919.5	1.4
89	May, 2019	1965.0	2.4
90	June, 2019	1961.8	-0.2
91	July, 2019	1932.3	-1.5
92	August, 2019	1943.9	0.6
93	Sep, 2019	1921.4	-1.2
94	Oct, 2019	1877.8	-2.7
95	Nov, 2019	1919.5	2.2
96	December, 2019	1912.8	-0.3
97	Jan, 2020	1913.8	0.1
98	Feb, 2020	1893.9	-1.0
99	March, 2020	1823.7	-3.7
100	April, 2020	1734.3	-4.9
101	May, 2020	1758.9	1.4
102	June, 2020	1805.7	2.7
103	July, 2020	1811.4	0.3
104	August, 2020	1836.6	1.4
105	Sep, 2020	1822.3	-0.8
106	Oct, 2020	1821.2	-0.1
107	Nov, 2020	1858.6	2.1
108	December, 2020	1846.8	-0.6
109	Jan, 2021	1851.3	0.2
110	Feb, 2021	1834.1	-0.9
111	March, 2021	1853.4	1.1
112	April, 2021	1832.0	-1.2
113	May, 2021	1826.3	-0.3
114	June, 2021	1842.5	0.9
115	July, 2021	1848.9	0.3
116	August, 2021	1872.5	1.3
117	Sep, 2021	1890.7	1.0
118	Oct, 2021	1852.5	-2.0