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Public-sector enterprises led Saudi credit growth as consumer signals cooled
Banks’ government bond holdings rose too, while mortgage and import financing eased
Public-sector borrowing led Saudi bank credit growth in August
Credit kept growing faster than money supply, and new import orders jumped on a one-off spike in food
A snapshot of the bank credit sector in 1Q 2024
Personal loans accounted for almost 47.6% of banking system’s loan book in 1Q
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