{"id":"2026-oct-add-gasstates-qatar-central-bank-reserves-september-2026","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct-add-gasstates-qatar-central-bank-reserves-september-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-qatar-central-bank-reserves-september-2026","language":"en","title":"Qatar reserves and foreign-currency liquidity reach QAR 262.3bn","summary":"QNA, citing Qatar Central Bank data, reported a 0.46% year-on-year rise in September reserves and foreign-currency liquidity.","body":["Qatar’s international reserves and foreign-currency liquidity totalled QAR 262.279 billion in September 2026, 0.46% above the QAR 261.061 billion recorded a year earlier, Qatar News Agency reported on 8 October, citing Qatar Central Bank data. The measure combines official reserves with other liquid foreign-currency assets.","Official reserves alone were QAR 223.447 billion at September’s end, up 10.85% year on year, or QAR 21.888 billion. Within the reported components, foreign bonds and treasury bills fell by QAR 44.599 billion to QAR 88.280 billion; gold holdings rose by QAR 4.378 billion to QAR 56.408 billion.","Balances held with foreign banks increased by QAR 62.153 billion to QAR 73.554 billion, while the IMF-related Special Drawing Rights deposits declined by QAR 45 million to QAR 5.203 billion. The total and official-reserve series are different measures, so the smaller rise in the combined total should not be read as the same movement as official reserves alone."],"keyPoints":["International reserves and foreign-currency liquidity totalled QAR 262.279 billion, up 0.46% year on year.","Official reserves were QAR 223.447 billion, up 10.85%.","Foreign-bank balances rose to QAR 73.554 billion; gold holdings reached QAR 56.408 billion."],"sections":[],"text":"Qatar reserves and foreign-currency liquidity reach QAR 262.3bn\n\nQNA, citing Qatar Central Bank data, reported a 0.46% year-on-year rise in September reserves and foreign-currency liquidity.\n\nInternational reserves and foreign-currency liquidity totalled QAR 262.279 billion, up 0.46% year on year.\n\nOfficial reserves were QAR 223.447 billion, up 10.85%.\n\nForeign-bank balances rose to QAR 73.554 billion; gold holdings reached QAR 56.408 billion.\n\nQatar’s international reserves and foreign-currency liquidity totalled QAR 262.279 billion in September 2026, 0.46% above the QAR 261.061 billion recorded a year earlier, Qatar News Agency reported on 8 October, citing Qatar Central Bank data. The measure combines official reserves with other liquid foreign-currency assets.\n\nOfficial reserves alone were QAR 223.447 billion at September’s end, up 10.85% year on year, or QAR 21.888 billion. Within the reported components, foreign bonds and treasury bills fell by QAR 44.599 billion to QAR 88.280 billion; gold holdings rose by QAR 4.378 billion to QAR 56.408 billion.\n\nBalances held with foreign banks increased by QAR 62.153 billion to QAR 73.554 billion, while the IMF-related Special Drawing Rights deposits declined by QAR 45 million to QAR 5.203 billion. The total and official-reserve series are different measures, so the smaller rise in the combined total should not be read as the same movement as official reserves alone.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["finance","statistics"],"eventDate":"2026-10-08","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement-publication","publishedAt":"2026-10-10T13:24:37Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-11T23:57:54Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-10T13:23:05Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-08","translatedAt":"2026-10-10T13:01:31Z","sources":[{"url":"https://qna.org.qa/en/news/news-details?date=8%2F10%2F2026&id=qatar-central-bank-foreign-exchange-reserves-rise-046-percent","name":"Qatar News Agency (QNA), citing Qatar Central Bank data","licence":"QNA terms reserve rights; no open reuse licence stated. Factual reporting only; no source prose, image or data table reproduced.","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","licenseUrl":"https://qna.org.qa/en/pages/terms-of-use","attribution":"Qatar News Agency, Qatar Central Bank: Foreign Exchange Reserves Rise 0.46 Percent, 8 October 2026; figures attributed by QNA to Qatar Central Bank.","publishedAt":"2026-10-08"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-qatar-central-bank-reserves-september-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-qatar-central-bank-reserves-september-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-qatar-central-bank-reserves-september-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-qatar-central-bank-reserves-september-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-qatar-central-bank-reserves-september-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-qatar-central-bank-reserves-september-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-qatar-central-bank-reserves-september-2026"},"corrections":[{"at":"2026-10-11T23:57:54Z","language":"en","text":"Completed full translations and corrected localized terminology and explanatory labels to preserve all original details."}],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["statistical-release"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"QA","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":{"to":"2026-09","from":"2026-09","precision":"month"}}}