Saudi Arabia recorded SAR12.60 billion in point-of-sale transactions from 11 to 17 October, across 246.42 million transactions, according to the Saudi Central Bank’s weekly report published on 20 October. The value was 6.8% below the SAR13.53 billion recorded in the previous week.
Food and beverages led the listed activities at SAR2.22 billion across 59.14 million transactions. Restaurants and cafés followed at SAR1.65 billion; fuel stations recorded SAR998.2 million and transport SAR921.9 million. These are weekly payments made through point-of-sale terminals, not a measure of all household consumption or inflation.
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