The Group Securities: Overview of
Banks’ Consolidated Balance Sheet Data for May 2018
June 28, 2018
The Group
Securities presents a detailed reading of banks' consolidated
balance sheet figures as of May 2018, compared to the previous
month of April. Figures show that banks' assets (and
liabilities) decreased by QR6.8 billion to QR1346.5 billion by
the end of May, compared to QR1353.3 billion by the end of
April, 2.5% higher than a year earlier, which represents an
increase of QR33 billion. This correction comes after a series
of successive and strong climbs, and resulted in the decrease of
government debt.
Government and Public Sector:
Government and
public sector deposits have decreased by QR5.4 billion to
QR287.8 billion. Government deposits recorded QR79.7 billion,
and Government Institutions made QR179.8 billion, while the
deposits of Semi-Government Institutions, in which government
share is less than 100% and more than 50%, stood at QR28.3
billion. On the other hand, the total loans of the government
and public sector decreased by QR1.6 billion to reach QR313.4
billion, broken down as follows:
·
Government: QR147.9 billion, down by QR1.7 billion;
·
Government institutions: QR146.9 billion, an increase of QR0.4
billion;
·
Semi-governmental institutions: QR20.3 billion, down by QR0.3
billion.
In addition to
the foregoing, figures suggest that the balance of government
bonds and bills increased by QR6.6 billion to QR148.3 billion.
As a result, the total domestic public debt (government,
government institutions and semi-government institutions, as
well as bonds, bills and sukuk) climbed by QR5 billion to
QR461.7 billion.
Private Sector:
The total
domestic private sector deposits at local banks decreased by
about QR1.1 billion to QR346.2 billion, by the end of May. Total
domestic loans and credit facilities provided by banks to the
local private sector increased by QR4 billion to QR488 billion;
out of which QR145.4 billion for the real estate sector (a
decrease of QR1.3 billion), QR127.1 billion for individuals’
consumer loans (up by QR0.85 billion), QR81.9 billion for
services (up by QR3.4 billion) and QR69.6 billion for trade (up
by QR0.6 billion). In addition, there were loans and facilities
amounting to QR17.1 billion for the non-banking financial
sector.
Foreign Sector:
Commercial
banks' investments in securities outside Qatar declined by QR0.6
billion to QR17.5 billion, and their assets at foreigner banks
decreased by QR5.4 billion to QR77.9 billion. Local banks' loans
to foreign parties dropped by QR1.6 billion to QR87.8 billion,
and their investments in foreign companies decreased by about
QR0.2 billion to QR39.9 billion. Moreover commercial banks'
other assets outside the country remained unchanged at about
QR3.9 billion.
In contrast,
foreign banks deposits from local banks decreased by QR6.5
billion to QR202.6 billion. Domestic banks' foreigner debt, in
the form of bonds and certificates of deposit, increased by
QR1.8 billion to QR50.4 billion. The balance of foreign deposits
at Qatari banks decreased by QR4.7 billion to QR142 billion.
By comparing
domestic and foreign assets with liabilities, we deduce that net
liabilities of the banking sector to foreigner entities
increased by QR4.7 billion by the end of May to QR176.6 billion.
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