Saudi Arabia SAMA Repo Rate
Saudi Arabia SAMA Repo Rate is 4.5 percent, in force since 16 Sep 2026, cited to Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) Media Center. It was 4.25 percent before that. Last checked against the official source on 24 Oct 2026.
Official source: Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) Media Center · Last checked 2026-10-24 · source fingerprint
The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) Repurchase Agreement (Repo) rate — the rate at which SAMA provides overnight liquidity to banks against eligible collateral, and the headline of SAMA's two administered policy rates. Because the Saudi riyal is pegged to the US dollar at SAR 3.75, SAMA has no independent rate cycle and moves in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve to defend the peg; decisions are announced within hours of the FOMC.
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| Current value | 4.5 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-09-16 |
| Official source | Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) Media Center, 'SAMA Decision on Repo and Reverse Repo Rates', 16 September 2026 (news-1169): 'The Saudi Central Bank has decided to raise the Repurchase Agreement (Repo) rate by 25 basis points to 4.50 percent, and to raise the Reverse Repurchase Agreement (Reverse Repo) rate by 25 basis points to 4.00 percent.' |
| Last verified | 2026-10-24 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Raised 25bp from 4.25% on 16 September 2026, the same day the US Federal Reserve raised its target range to 3.75-4.00% (the riyal is pegged to the dollar). Reverse Repo 3.75% -> 4.00%. effective_from is the decision date, as for the 10 December 2025 cut. Headline administered Repo rate; dual-brand series (also_brands=mearef). sama.gov.sa serves an incomplete TLS chain, so automated fetches fail certificate checks; read from the official page on 2026-10-24.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-10 | 4.25 | Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), Repo Rate (Monetary Policy… |
| 2025-10-29 | 4.5 | Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), decision of 29 October 2025… |
| 2025-09-17 | 4.75 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2024-12-18 | 5 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2024-11-07 | 5.25 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2024-09-18 | 5.5 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2023-07-26 | 6 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2023-05-03 | 5.75 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2023-03-23 | 5.5 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2023-02-01 | 5.25 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2022-12-14 | 5 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2022-11-02 | 4.5 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
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