Domestic liquidity in Oman increases by 6.4%

Muscat: Domestic liquidity in the Sultanate of Oman increased by 6.4 percent by the end of November 2025, reaching OMR26.41 billion, compared to OMR24.82 billion during the same period in 2024.

Preliminary data issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) indicated that the total currency issued by the end of November 2025 rose to OMR1,529.2 million, recording an increase of 1.6 percent compared to the same period in 2024, when it stood at OMR1,505.200.

Narrow money supply (M1) witnessed a 12.2 percent increase, reaching OMR7,904.4 million, compared to OMR7,046.3 million during the same period of 2024.

Regarding foreign assets, the total reached OMR7,563.7 million, an increase of 7.4 percent over the same period in 2024, when foreign assets stood at OMR7,041.8 million.

On the credit front, private sector deposits in local banks by the end of last November recorded a 9.9 percent increase to reach OMR22,675.9 million, compared to OMR20,639 million during the same period in 2024.

Total loans and financing granted by commercial banks and Islamic windows also rose by 8.8 percent to reach OMR35,007.8 million by the end of November 2025, compared to OMR32,165.1 million during the same period in 2024. Conversely, the average interest rate on total loans decreased by 3.9 percent, recording 5.446 percent by the end of November 2025 compared to 5.667 percent during the same period in 2024.

The effective exchange rate index for the Omani Rial recorded a slight increase of 0.1 percent, reaching 114.3 points by the end of November 2025.