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# Saudi Central Bank Keeps Repo Rate at 4.25% After Federal Reserve Hold
- URL: https://www.theglobalbanker.com/sama-holds-repo-rate-4-25-percent-march-2026-monitors-fed/
- Published: 2026-03-19T08:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:39:34.000Z
- Description: SAMA kept its repo rate at 4.25% and reverse repo at 3.75%, after the US Federal Reserve held rates on 18 March, in line with the riyal's long-standing dollar peg.
- Author: TGB Editorial Team
- Tags: Central Banks, MENA

The Saudi Central Bank, known as SAMA, held its repurchase agreement rate at 4.25% and its reverse repurchase agreement rate at 3.75% following the US Federal Reserve's 18 March 2026 decision, maintaining the stance adopted in line with the kingdom's long-standing currency peg to the US dollar. SAMA typically aligns its rate adjustments with the Federal Reserve because of the riyal's peg to the US dollar; it last changed rates on 10 December 2025, cutting both by 25 basis points after a Fed cut.

Saudi inflation stood at 1.7% in February 2026, its lowest level in a year. The economy expanded 5% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2025, with oil activities growing 10.8% and non-oil activities 4.3%. 

#### DOLLAR PEG CONSTRAINS SAMA'S OPTIONS

The Federal Reserve kept its target range for the federal funds rate at 3.50% to 3.75% on 18 March, in an 11-1 vote. 

#### GROWTH AND INFLATION BACKDROP

Oil activities added 2.6 percentage points to fourth-quarter growth and non-oil activities 2.4 points, while exports rose 12.8% year on year, according to GASTAT data.