{"id":"saudi-sama-raises-repo-rates-september-2026","canonicalSlug":"saudi-sama-raises-repo-rates-september-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/saudi-sama-raises-repo-rates-september-2026","language":"en","title":"SAMA raises repo and reverse repo rates by 25 basis points","summary":"The policy rates rose to 4.50% and 4.00%, respectively, under the central bank’s monetary-stability mandate.","body":["The Saudi Central Bank announced on September 16 that it had raised its repurchase agreement rate by 25 basis points to 4.50%. Its reverse repurchase agreement rate increased by the same amount to 4.00%.","SAMA said the adjustments reflected its mandate to preserve monetary stability. Each increase equals 0.25 percentage points; the two resulting policy rates are 0.50 percentage points apart, calculated from the published levels."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"SAMA raises repo and reverse repo rates by 25 basis points\n\nThe policy rates rose to 4.50% and 4.00%, respectively, under the central bank’s monetary-stability mandate.\n\nThe Saudi Central Bank announced on September 16 that it had raised its repurchase agreement rate by 25 basis points to 4.50%. Its reverse repurchase agreement rate increased by the same amount to 4.00%.\n\nSAMA said the adjustments reflected its mandate to preserve monetary stability. Each increase equals 0.25 percentage points; the two resulting policy rates are 0.50 percentage points apart, calculated from the published levels.","category":"finance","region":"world","topics":["monetary-policy","interest-rates"],"eventDate":"2026-09-16","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T18:31:00Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-05T18:31:00Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-16","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"Saudi Central Bank (SAMA)","url":"https://www.sama.gov.sa/en-US/MediaCenter/News/Pages/news-1169.aspx","checkedAt":"2026-10-05","publishedAt":"2026-09-16"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/saudi-sama-raises-repo-rates-september-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/saudi-sama-raises-repo-rates-september-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/saudi-sama-raises-repo-rates-september-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/saudi-sama-raises-repo-rates-september-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/saudi-sama-raises-repo-rates-september-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/saudi-sama-raises-repo-rates-september-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/saudi-sama-raises-repo-rates-september-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}