Muscat: Domestic liquidity in the Sultanate of Oman increased by 6.4 percent by the end of November 2025, reaching RO 26,415.6 million, compared to RO 24,827.700 during the same period in 2024.
According to Oman News Agency, 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 RO 1,529.2 million, recording an increase of 1.6 percent compared to the same period in 2024, when it stood at RO 1,505.200.
Narrow money supply (M1) witnessed a 12.2 percent increase, reaching RO 7,904.4 million, compared to RO 7,046.3 million during the same period of 2024. Regarding foreign assets, the total reached RO 7,563.7 million, an increase of 7.4 percent over the same period in 2024, when foreign assets stood at RO 7,041.8 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 RO 22,675.9 million, compared to RO 20,639 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 RO 35,007.8 million by the end of November 2025, compared to RO 32,165.1 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.