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08/01/2026 04:53 AST
The Qatar Central Bank (QCB)'s international reserves and foreign currency liquidity increased 2.65% in December y-o-y to reach QR261.868bn, compared to QR255.087bn in December 2024.
Data from the QCB showed the official international reserves rose 3.15% in December 2025 y-o-y to reach QR202.249bn. The bank's holdings of bonds and treasury bills increased from QR6.819bn to QR120.352bn at the end of December 2025, compared to the same period in 2024.
The official reserves consist of foreign bonds and treasury bills, cash balances with foreign banks, gold holdings, Special Drawing Rights (SDR) deposits, Qatar's quota with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other liquid assets (which are foreign currency deposits). These two categories combined constitute the total international reserves.
The data indicated that the gold stock increased by about QR24.704bn at the end of last December, reaching QR58.504bn, compared to QR33.8bn in December 2024.
The balance of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) deposits from Qatar's quota with the IMF also rose by QR193mn at the end of last December compared to December 2024, reaching a level of QR5.243bn.
On the other hand, balances with foreign banks declined by about QR11.884bn to QR18.149bn at the end of December 2025.
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