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.
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Saudi weekly point-of-sale spending falls 6.8%
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.
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.
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.
The Central Bank of Egypt reported provisional net international reserves of $57.2145 billion at the end of August 2026, up from $56.2939 billion at end-July.
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