{"version":"1","article":{"id":"kuwait-cbk-september-2026-statement-account","slug":"kuwait-cbk-september-2026-statement-account","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/kuwait-cbk-september-2026-statement-account","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/kuwait-cbk-september-2026-statement-account?lang=en","title":"Kuwait central bank assets ease to KWD 8.54 billion in September","summary":"The Central Bank of Kuwait’s September statement lists total assets of KWD 8,543.7 million at 30 September, down from KWD 8,689.1 million at 31 August. Its broad foreign-currency asset line was KWD 7,980.2 million, compared with KWD 8,416.8 million a month earlier.","category":"finance","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-08T22:56:34+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-08T22:56:34+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-09-30","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Central Bank of Kuwait: Statement of Account as at 30 September 2026","url":"https://www.cbk.gov.kw/en/redirects/download?compId=172613&esIndex=reports","publishedAt":"2026-10-07","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"},{"name":"CBK listing for the September 2026 Statement of Account","url":"https://www.cbk.gov.kw/en?r=1","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"},{"name":"Central Bank of Kuwait: Statement of Account as at 31 August 2026","url":"https://www.cbk.gov.kw/en/redirects/download?compId=172373&esIndex=reports","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/kuwait-cbk-september-2026-statement-account","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/kuwait-cbk-september-2026-statement-account?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/kuwait-cbk-september-2026-statement-account","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/kuwait-cbk-september-2026-statement-account?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/kuwait-cbk-september-2026-statement-account","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/kuwait-cbk-september-2026-statement-account?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/kuwait-cbk-september-2026-statement-account","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/kuwait-cbk-september-2026-statement-account?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/kuwait-cbk-september-2026-statement-account","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/kuwait-cbk-september-2026-statement-account?lang=es"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"cbk-september-balance-sheet","type":"metrics","title":{"tr":"Kuveyt Merkez Bankası ay sonu hesap bakiyeleri","en":"Central Bank of Kuwait month-end account balances","ar":"أرصدة حسابات بنك الكويت المركزي في نهاية الشهر","fr":"Soldes de compte de la Banque centrale du Koweït en fin de mois","es":"Saldos de las cuentas del Banco Central de Kuwait a fin de mes"},"description":{"tr":"30 Eylül ve 31 Ağustos 2026 tarihli seçilmiş bilanço kalemleri. Bunlar aylık akışlar değil, her tarihteki bakiyelerdir.","en":"Selected balance-sheet lines for 30 September and 31 August 2026. These are stocks at each date, not monthly flows.","ar":"بنود مختارة من الميزانية في 30 سبتمبر و31 أغسطس 2026. وهي أرصدة في كل تاريخ وليست تدفقات شهرية.","fr":"Postes sélectionnés du bilan aux 30 septembre et 31 août 2026. Il s’agit de stocks à ces dates, et non de flux mensuels.","es":"Partidas seleccionadas del balance a 30 de septiembre y 31 de agosto de 2026. Son saldos en cada fecha, no flujos mensuales."},"methodology":{"tr":"CBK hesap özetinden aktarılmıştır. Tüm tutarlar milyon KWD cinsindendir. Dönemler ay sonu referans tarihleridir; yükümlülük kalemleri ve nazım hesaplar kaynak sınıflandırmasını korur.","en":"Transcribed from the CBK statement of account. All amounts are million KWD. Periods are month-end reference dates; liability entries and contra accounts retain their source classifications.","ar":"نُقلت من كشف حساب بنك الكويت المركزي. جميع القيم بمليون دينار كويتي. والفترات تواريخ مرجعية لنهاية الشهر؛ وحُفظ تصنيف المطلوبات والحسابات النظامية كما في المصدر.","fr":"Transcription du relevé de compte de la CBK. Tous les montants sont en millions KWD. Les périodes sont des dates de fin de mois ; les passifs et comptes de contrepartie conservent la classification de la source.","es":"Transcrito del estado de cuenta del CBK. Todos los importes están en millones de KWD. Los periodos son fechas de cierre mensual; los pasivos y las cuentas de orden conservan la clasificación de la fuente."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.cbk.gov.kw/en/redirects/download?compId=172613&esIndex=reports","https://www.cbk.gov.kw/en/redirects/download?compId=172373&esIndex=reports"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-08T19:46:42+00:00","items":[{"label":{"en":"Total assets","tr":"Toplam varlıklar","ar":"إجمالي الأصول","fr":"Actifs totaux","es":"Activos totales"},"value":8543.7,"unit":"million KWD","period":"2026-09","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"total-assets","unitCode":"million-kwd","geography":"kuwait-central-bank","frequency":"monthly","aggregation":"stock","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"en":"Total assets","tr":"Toplam varlıklar","ar":"إجمالي الأصول","fr":"Actifs totaux","es":"Activos totales"},"value":8689.1,"unit":"million KWD","period":"2026-08","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"total-assets","unitCode":"million-kwd","geography":"kuwait-central-bank","frequency":"monthly","aggregation":"stock","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"en":"Cash, accounts and deposits in foreign currency","tr":"Yabancı para nakit, hesap ve mevduatları","ar":"النقد والحسابات والودائع بالعملة الأجنبية","fr":"Trésorerie, comptes et dépôts en devises","es":"Caja, cuentas y depósitos en moneda extranjera"},"value":7980.2,"unit":"million KWD","period":"2026-09","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"foreign-currency-assets","unitCode":"million-kwd","geography":"kuwait-central-bank","frequency":"monthly","aggregation":"stock","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"en":"Cash, accounts and deposits in foreign currency","tr":"Yabancı para nakit, hesap ve mevduatları","ar":"النقد والحسابات والودائع بالعملة الأجنبية","fr":"Trésorerie, comptes et dépôts en devises","es":"Caja, cuentas y depósitos en moneda extranjera"},"value":8416.8,"unit":"million KWD","period":"2026-08","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"foreign-currency-assets","unitCode":"million-kwd","geography":"kuwait-central-bank","frequency":"monthly","aggregation":"stock","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"en":"Deposits, current accounts and loans with local institutions","tr":"Yerel kuruluşlardaki mevduat, cari hesap ve krediler","ar":"إيداعات وحسابات جارية وقروض لدى مؤسسات محلية","fr":"Dépôts, comptes courants et prêts auprès d’institutions locales","es":"Depósitos, cuentas corrientes y préstamos con instituciones locales"},"value":360.3,"unit":"million KWD","period":"2026-09","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"local-bank-accounts","unitCode":"million-kwd","geography":"kuwait-central-bank","frequency":"monthly","aggregation":"stock","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"en":"Deposits, current accounts and loans with local institutions","tr":"Yerel kuruluşlardaki mevduat, cari hesap ve 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The comparative column shows KWD 8,689.1 million at 31 August. Total liabilities equal total assets at each date. These are balances at two month-ends, not monthly averages or amounts of money earned during September. The statement covers the central bank’s own balance sheet rather than the whole banking system.","The largest listed asset line combines cash balances, accounts, bonds, certificates of deposit, treasury bills and deposits in foreign currency. It stood at KWD 7,980.2 million at 30 September, compared with KWD 8,416.8 million at 31 August. The statement also lists KWD 360.3 million in deposits, current accounts and loans with local banks and financial institutions, against KWD 80.2 million in August. Gold was KWD 31.7 million at both dates; local bonds and public-debt instruments were zero.","On the liabilities side, currency in circulation was KWD 1,950.2 million at the end of September and KWD 1,979.6 million at the end of August. Government accounts were KWD 1,209.3 million and KWD 1,276.4 million, respectively. Local banks’ accounts and deposits were KWD 2,460.9 million at the September date and KWD 2,495.6 million at the August date. The statement records profit for the year as zero for September and KWD 399.3 million for August; that line is not a monthly profit flow.","The figures describe the composition of the Central Bank of Kuwait’s balance sheet at the dates printed in the statement. The release does not explain the reasons for individual changes, identify counterparties, or say whether movements reflect transactions, valuation, reclassification or timing. It supports a factual comparison of reported balances, but not a causal explanation about monetary policy, government financing, banking liquidity or currency demand. Each amount remains in million Kuwaiti dinars, with no conversion added.","The statement reports contra accounts of KWD 7,341.8 million at 30 September and KWD 7,241.9 million at 31 August. These are shown separately from the totals for assets and liabilities and should not be treated as another asset balance. The reference dates are month-end snapshots, so they do not show the path of balances within either month. Assessing daily movements would require a different, higher-frequency source.","The bank describes its monthly Statement of Account as a report of its own balance-sheet assets and liabilities. The figures here are transcribed from the September statement’s printed date columns, with the August statement used to cross-check the preceding month. The report does not infer a policy change, future liquidity trend or economic outcome from these balances. Readers should keep the central bank’s statement separate from the broader monetary bulletin and from commercial-bank statistics."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The Central Bank of Kuwait’s September statement lists total assets of KWD 8,543.7 million at 30 September, down from KWD 8,689.1 million at 31 August. Its broad foreign-currency asset line was KWD 7,980.2 million, compared with KWD 8,416.8 million a month earlier.\n\nThe Central Bank of Kuwait’s September statement of account, listed by the bank on 7 October 2026, records total assets of KWD 8,543.7 million at 30 September. The comparative column shows KWD 8,689.1 million at 31 August. Total liabilities equal total assets at each date. These are balances at two month-ends, not monthly averages or amounts of money earned during September. The statement covers the central bank’s own balance sheet rather than the whole banking system.\n\nThe largest listed asset line combines cash balances, accounts, bonds, certificates of deposit, treasury bills and deposits in foreign currency. It stood at KWD 7,980.2 million at 30 September, compared with KWD 8,416.8 million at 31 August. The statement also lists KWD 360.3 million in deposits, current accounts and loans with local banks and financial institutions, against KWD 80.2 million in August. Gold was KWD 31.7 million at both dates; local bonds and public-debt instruments were zero.\n\nOn the liabilities side, currency in circulation was KWD 1,950.2 million at the end of September and KWD 1,979.6 million at the end of August. Government accounts were KWD 1,209.3 million and KWD 1,276.4 million, respectively. Local banks’ accounts and deposits were KWD 2,460.9 million at the September date and KWD 2,495.6 million at the August date. The statement records profit for the year as zero for September and KWD 399.3 million for August; that line is not a monthly profit flow.\n\nThe figures describe the composition of the Central Bank of Kuwait’s balance sheet at the dates printed in the statement. The release does not explain the reasons for individual changes, identify counterparties, or say whether movements reflect transactions, valuation, reclassification or timing. It supports a factual comparison of reported balances, but not a causal explanation about monetary policy, government financing, banking liquidity or currency demand. Each amount remains in million Kuwaiti dinars, with no conversion added.\n\nThe statement reports contra accounts of KWD 7,341.8 million at 30 September and KWD 7,241.9 million at 31 August. These are shown separately from the totals for assets and liabilities and should not be treated as another asset balance. The reference dates are month-end snapshots, so they do not show the path of balances within either month. Assessing daily movements would require a different, higher-frequency source.\n\nThe bank describes its monthly Statement of Account as a report of its own balance-sheet assets and liabilities. The figures here are transcribed from the September statement’s printed date columns, with the August statement used to cross-check the preceding month. The report does not infer a policy change, future liquidity trend or economic outcome from these balances. Readers should keep the central bank’s statement separate from the broader monetary bulletin and from commercial-bank statistics.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"finance","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/finance-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic financial system with a vault door, columns and unmarked coins.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"finance","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/finance-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic financial system with a vault door, columns and unmarked coins.","language":"en"}}}