{"id":188186,"date":"2021-02-22T17:45:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T17:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/?p=188186"},"modified":"2021-02-22T17:45:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T17:45:17","slug":"saudi-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/saudi-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia&#8217;s investments in US bonds will decline in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi investments in US Treasury bills and bonds decreased at the end of 2020, after a four-month rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjugcenhf7uAhWMSsAKHV5IAnwQFjAAegQIAhAE&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fhome.treasury.gov%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ZSIcF1gq6SpqmT_6_iCip\">The US Treasury Department<\/a> said Saudi Arabia\u2019s investments in US bonds amounted to $136.4 billion by the end of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia\u2019s investments in November of last year were $137.6 billion recording &nbsp;a decrease of 0.9%, ($1.2 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Saudi investments<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the decline in Saudi investments, it maintained the 14th among the world\u2019s major investors in the American debt instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia\u2019s investments in US Treasury bonds were distributed to $105.6 billion in long-term bonds, 78% of the total, while about $29.4 billion in short-term bonds that account for 22% of the total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On an annual basis, Saudi Arabia&#8217;s balance of US Treasury bonds and bills decreased by 24.1% ($43.4 billion) at the end of December 2020, compared to its balance at the end of the same month of 2019 of $179.8 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia possesses 59.4% of the gulf holdings of the US debt instrument amounting to $229.8 billion. Then comes Kuwait with $46.6 billion, UAE with $32.2 billion, Qatar with $8 billion, the Sultanate of Oman with $5.7 billion, and finally Bahrain with $916 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia invests only in Treasury bonds and bills. The country does not invest in securities, assets and cash in dollars in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia\u2019s balance of US Treasury bonds and bills increased during 2019 by about 4.8%, equivalent to $8.2 billion, compared to its balance at the end of 2018 of $171.6 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During 2018, Saudi Arabia raised its balance of US Treasury bonds by 16.4%, equivalent to $24.2 billion, compared to its balance at the end of 2017 of $147.4 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/saudi-arabia-offers-sukuk-worth-788-million-in-local-market\/\">Saudi Arabia Offers Sukuk Worth $788 Million In Local Market<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi investments in US Treasury bills and bonds decreased at the end of 2020, after a four-month rise. The US Treasury Department said Saudi Arabia\u2019s investments in US bonds amounted to $136.4 billion by the end of 2020. 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