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A views of the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates. (WAM)
  • On a monthly basis, the deposits grew by 0.06 percent, compared to about $67 billion in October 2022
  • Demand deposits increased by $234 billion, or 82.5 percent, to $245 billion at the end of November last year

Abu Dhabi, UAE – Savings deposits in the UAE banking system, excluding interbank deposits, increased to AED246.61 billion ($67 billion), a growth of approximately AED7.21 billion ($2 billion), or 3 percent, from about AED239.4 billion ($65 billion) in November 2021, statistics by the Central Bank of the UAE, revealed.

On a monthly basis, they grew by 0.06 percent, compared to about AED246.48 billion ($67 billion) in October 2022, according to the statistics of the apex bank.

Demand deposits increased by AED820.83 billion ($234 billion), or 82.5 percent, to AED903.36 billion ($245 billion) at the end of November last year, representing an annual rise of 10.1 percent.

Demand deposits climbed by 6.5 percent, or the equivalent of AED55.3 billion, over the first eleven months of last year compared to AED848.04 billion at the end of 2022. They however declined on a monthly basis by 1.7 percent compared to AED918.97 billion in October 2022.

Time deposits increased by 17 percent annually to AED599.81 billion by the end of last November, up from AED513.16 billion in November 2021.