International reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the Qatar Central Bank rose by 3.28% year-on-year in July, reaching QAR259.238bn, compared to QAR250.981bn during the same period last year.
Data released by the Qatar Central Bank showed that official international reserves increased by 3.99% at the end of July, equivalent to QAR7.681bn, reaching QAR199.838bn compared to July 2024.
The Bank’s holdings of foreign bonds and treasury bills rose by around QAR57m to QAR138.754bn compared to the same month last year.
Official reserves are composed of several key components: foreign bonds and treasury bills, cash balances with foreign banks, gold holdings, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), and Qatar’s quota at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
These, combined with other liquid assets (foreign currency deposits), make up what is known as total international reserves.
The data also showed that gold reserves increased by about QAR13.471bn to QAR44.153bn by the end of July, compared to QAR30.682bn in July 2024.
Similarly, Qatar’s SDR deposit holdings at the IMF rose by QAR12m in July 2025 compared to July 2024, reaching QAR5.178bn.
On the other hand, balances with foreign banks declined by around QAR5.859bn to QAR11.751bn at the end of July, compared to the same month in 2024.
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