{"version":"1","article":{"id":"saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026","slug":"saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026?lang=en","title":"Saudi weekly point-of-sale spending falls 6.8%","summary":"POS transaction value declined to SAR 12.6 billion in the week of 11–17 October; food and beverages led categories at SAR 2.22 billion.","category":"finance","region":"world","topics":["statistics"],"published_at":"2026-10-22T05:34:35+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-22T05:34:35+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-10-17","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Saudi Press Agency / Saudi Central Bank","url":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2706926","publishedAt":"2026-10-21","checkedAt":"2026-10-22"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":["metrics","table"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"reported-indicators","type":"metrics","title":{"tr":"Suudi Arabistan’da haftalık POS harcaması yüzde 6,8 düştü","en":"Saudi weekly point-of-sale spending falls 6.8%","ar":"انخفاض إنفاق نقاط البيع الأسبوعي في السعودية 6.8%","fr":"Les dépenses hebdomadaires par carte en Arabie saoudite reculent de 6,8 %","es":"El gasto semanal en puntos de venta cae un 6,8% en Arabia Saudí"},"description":{"tr":"11–17 Ekim haftasında satış noktası işlemleri 12,6 milyar riyale geriledi; gıda ve içecek harcamaları 2,22 milyar riyalle en yüksek kategori oldu.","en":"POS transaction value declined to SAR 12.6 billion in the week of 11–17 October; food and beverages led categories at SAR 2.22 billion.","ar":"تراجعت قيمة معاملات نقاط البيع إلى 12.6 مليار ريال خلال أسبوع 11–17 أكتوبر، وتصدرت الأغذية والمشروبات الفئات بقيمة 2.22 مليار ريال.","fr":"La valeur des paiements au point de vente est tombée à 12,6 milliards de riyals du 11 au 17 octobre; les aliments et boissons ont totalisé 2,22 milliards.","es":"El valor de las operaciones POS bajó a 12.600 millones de riales en la semana del 11 al 17 de octubre; alimentos y bebidas sumaron 2.220 millones."},"methodology":{"tr":"SAMA raporunu aktaran SPA verileri; 11–17 Ekim haftası, POS kapsamı. Değişim önceki haftayladır; yıllık veya mevsimden arındırılmış değildir. Tüm tüketim ve ödeme yöntemlerini kapsamaz.","en":"SPA figures citing SAMA; week of 11–17 October, POS scope only. Change is against the preceding week, neither annual nor seasonally adjusted. This is not all consumption or all payment methods."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2706926"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-22T04:27:41+03:00","items":[{"label":{"tr":"POS işlem değeri","en":"POS transaction value"},"value":12.6,"unit":"billion SAR","period":"2026-10-17","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"pos-transaction-value","unitCode":"billion-sar","geography":"saudi-arabia","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"},"periodStart":"2026-10-11"},{"label":{"tr":"Önceki haftaya göre değişim","en":"Change from preceding week"},"value":-6.8,"unit":"percent","period":"2026-10-17","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"pos-transaction-value-weekly-change","unitCode":"percent","geography":"saudi-arabia","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"},"periodStart":"2026-10-11"}]},{"id":"sector-spending","type":"table","title":{"tr":"Sektörlere göre POS harcamaları","en":"POS spending by sector","ar":"إنفاق نقاط البيع حسب القطاع","fr":"Dépenses aux points de vente par secteur","es":"Gasto en puntos de venta por sector"},"description":{"tr":"11–17 Ekim 2026 haftasında kaynakta bildirilen dört sektörün POS işlem değerleri; toplam tüketim değildir.","en":"POS transaction values for four sectors reported for 11–17 October 2026; these are not total consumption.","ar":"قيم معاملات نقاط البيع لأربعة قطاعات خلال 11–17 أكتوبر 2026، ولا تمثل إجمالي الاستهلاك.","fr":"Valeurs des transactions de quatre secteurs du 11 au 17 octobre 2026 ; elles ne représentent pas la consommation totale.","es":"Valores de transacciones de cuatro sectores del 11 al 17 de octubre de 2026; no representan el consumo total."},"methodology":{"tr":"SPA/SAMA sektör değerleri milyon SAR biriminde sayıdır. Gıda/içecek ve restoran/kafe değerleri kaynaktaki milyar SAR tutarından tam 1.000 çarpanıyla ölçeklenmiştir. Aynı haftanın alt kümeleridir; tüm sektörlerin veya tüm ödeme araçlarının toplamı değildir. Dil sütunları aynı sektör adının çevirileridir.","en":"SPA/SAMA sector amounts are numeric million-SAR values. Food/beverage and restaurant/cafe amounts are scaled exactly by 1,000 from source billion-SAR values. They are subsets of the same week, not all sectors or all payment methods. Language columns translate the same sector name."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2706926"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-22T04:28:16+03:00","columns":[{"key":"sector_tr","label":{"tr":"Sektör (tr)","en":"Sector (tr)","ar":"القطاع (tr)","fr":"Secteur (tr)","es":"Sector (tr)"},"type":"text","language":"tr"},{"key":"sector_en","label":{"tr":"Sektör (en)","en":"Sector (en)","ar":"القطاع (en)","fr":"Secteur (en)","es":"Sector (en)"},"type":"text","language":"en"},{"key":"sector_ar","label":{"tr":"Sektör (ar)","en":"Sector (ar)","ar":"القطاع (ar)","fr":"Secteur (ar)","es":"Sector (ar)"},"type":"text","language":"ar"},{"key":"sector_fr","label":{"tr":"Sektör (fr)","en":"Sector (fr)","ar":"القطاع (fr)","fr":"Secteur (fr)","es":"Sector (fr)"},"type":"text","language":"fr"},{"key":"sector_es","label":{"tr":"Sektör (es)","en":"Sector (es)","ar":"القطاع (es)","fr":"Secteur (es)","es":"Sector (es)"},"type":"text","language":"es"},{"key":"value","label":{"tr":"İşlem değeri","en":"Transaction value","ar":"قيمة المعاملات","fr":"Valeur des transactions","es":"Valor de transacciones"},"type":"number","unit":"million SAR"}],"rows":[{"sector_tr":"Gıda ve içecek","sector_en":"Food and beverages","sector_ar":"الأغذية والمشروبات","sector_fr":"Alimentation et boissons","sector_es":"Alimentos y bebidas","value":2220},{"sector_tr":"Restoran ve kafeler","sector_en":"Restaurants and cafes","sector_ar":"المطاعم والمقاهي","sector_fr":"Restaurants et cafés","sector_es":"Restaurantes y cafeterías","value":1650},{"sector_tr":"Akaryakıt istasyonları","sector_en":"Fuel stations","sector_ar":"محطات الوقود","sector_fr":"Stations-service","sector_es":"Estaciones de servicio","value":998.2},{"sector_tr":"Ulaşım","sector_en":"Transport","sector_ar":"النقل","sector_fr":"Transports","sector_es":"Transporte","value":921.9}]}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"reported-indicators","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null},{"id":"sector-spending","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null}],"data_downloads":[{"id":"reported-indicators","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026/data/reported-indicators?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026/data/reported-indicators?lang=en&format=csv"}},{"id":"sector-spending","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026/data/sector-spending?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-weekly-pos-spending-october-11-17-2026/data/sector-spending?lang=en&format=csv"}}],"content":{"paragraphs":["Saudi Press Agency, citing the Saudi Central Bank’s weekly report, said point-of-sale transaction value in the Kingdom was SAR 12.6 billion in the week of 11–17 October 2026. That was 6.8% below SAR 13.53 billion the previous week. The number of transactions reached 246.42 million.","Food and beverage transactions were worth SAR 2.22 billion, restaurants and cafés SAR 1.65 billion, fuel stations SAR 998.2 million and transport SAR 921.9 million. These figures cover point-of-sale spending, not all consumer spending or all payment methods. The week-on-week change should not be read as a seasonal or year-on-year comparison."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"POS transaction value declined to SAR 12.6 billion in the week of 11–17 October; food and beverages led categories at SAR 2.22 billion.\n\nSaudi Press Agency, citing the Saudi Central Bank’s weekly report, said point-of-sale transaction value in the Kingdom was SAR 12.6 billion in the week of 11–17 October 2026. That was 6.8% below SAR 13.53 billion the previous week. The number of transactions reached 246.42 million.\n\nFood and beverage transactions were worth SAR 2.22 billion, restaurants and cafés SAR 1.65 billion, fuel stations SAR 998.2 million and transport SAR 921.9 million. These figures cover point-of-sale spending, not all consumer spending or all payment methods. The week-on-week change should not be read as a seasonal or year-on-year comparison.","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"}}}