Money Market
| Parameters | Current Period | Earlier Period | Change |
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| Average Call Money Rate | 4.48% (Jan 23’19) | 4.16% (Jan 16’19) | 0.32% |
| Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) | 6138.38 (Jan 23’19) | 7261.39 (Jan 16’18) | 15.47% |
Prices | Weighted Average Deposit Rate | 5.26% (Jan 24’19) | 5.30% (Jan 17’19) | 0.04% |
Weighted Average Lending Rate | 9.49% (Jan 24’19) | 9.50% (Jan 17’19) | 0.01% |
Spread | 4.23% (Jan 24’19) | 4.20% (Jan 17’19) | 0.03% |
| YoY Private Sector Credit Growth | 16.95% (Oct ’18) | 16.95% (Oct ’18) | 0.00% |
| Classified Loan % Total Outstanding | 11.45% (Sep 18) | 10.41% (June ’18) | 1.04% |
Major Local Economic Indices
GDP Growth Rate | 7.86% (FY ’18) | 7.28% (FY ’17) | 0.58% |
Inflation (12 Months Average) | 5.55% (Dec ‘18) | 5.58% (Nov ‘18) | 0.03% |
Export | 3426.11 (Dec ’18) | 3353.11 (Dec ’17) | 2.18% |
Import (C&F) | 5081.60 (Nov ‘18) | 5222.20 (Nov ‘17) | 2.69% |
Foreign Remittance | 1,202.85 (Dec ’18) | 1,163.82 (Dec’17) | 3.35% |
FX Reserve | 31,063.11 (Jan 23’19) | 32,275.02 (Jan 16’18) | 3.75% |
Figures are expressed in Million US$ unless otherwise mentioned
Capital Market
Local | DSEX | 5,950.01115 (Jan 24’19) | 5,825.57232 (Jan 17’19) | 2.14% |
CSCX | 11,036.6313 (Jan 24’19) | 10,790.7478 (Jan 17’19) | 2.29% |
CASPI | 18,265.8257 (Jan 24’19) | 17,858.3858 (Jan 17’19) | 2.28% |
Global | Nikkei 225 | 20,574.63 (Jan 24’19) | 20,402.27 (Jan 17’19) | 0.84% |
Dow Jones Industrial Average | 24,575.62 (Jan 24’19) | 24,207.16 (Jan 17’19) | 1.52% |
FTSE 100 | 6,834.32 (Jan 24’19) | 6,835.89 (Jan 17’19) | 0.02% |
Major Global Economic Indices
Type | Country | Inflation5 | GDP Growth Rate2 | Unemployment Rate |
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G8 | United States | 1.90% | 3.40% 5 | 3.90%5 |
Great Britain | 2.10% | 0.60% | 4.10% 4 |
Euro Zone | 1.60% | 0.20% | 7.90% 4 |
Major Trade Partners | China | 1.90% | 1.50% 5 | 3.80% 5 |
India | 2.19% | 1.90% | 3.52%1 |
Germany | 1.70% | (0.20%) | 3.30% 4 |
Singapore | 0.50% | 1.60% 5 | 2.10%5 |
13-Dec’18, 20-Dec’18, 27-Dec’18, 10-Jan’19, 17-Jan’19, 24-Jan’2019
Commodity Market
Crude Oil (Brent) [USD/bbl] | 60.90 | 60.97 | 0.11% |
Gold Spot (USD/t oz.) | 1,280.47 | 1,293.78 | 1.03% |
Wheat (CBOT) [USD/bu] | 528.00 | 519.75 | 1.59% |
Soyabean Oil (CBOT) [USD/lb] | 29.40 | 28.58 | 2.87% |
*Current Period refers to January 24’19 & Earlier Period Refers to January 17’19
Exchange Rates
EUR-USD | Latest EUR to USD exchange rate is 1.1371. Previous week’s rate was 1.1397, change -0.23% |
GBP-USD | Latest GBP to USD exchange rate is 1.3044. Previous week’s rate was 1.2873, change +1.33%. |
USD-JPY | Current USD-JPY exchange rate is 109.7000 Previous week’s closing price was 108.8300, change +0.80%. |
USD-AUD | Current AUD to USD exchange rate is 0.7097. Previous week’s rate was 0.7166 change -0.96%. |
Banking News in Capital Market
- AB Bank: Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Limited (CRAB) has announced the surveillance rating of the Company as “A2” in the long term and “ST-2” in the short term with a stable outlook based on audited financial statements of the Company up to September 30, 2018 and other relevant quantitative as well as qualitative information up to the date of rating declaration.
- EXIM1STMF: On the close of operation on January 17, 2019, the Fund has reported Net Asset Value (NAV) of Tk. 11.50 per unit on the basis of current market price and Tk. 10.87 per unit on the basis of cost price against face value of Tk. 10.00 whereas total Net Assets of the Fund stood at Tk. 1,647,362,090.00 on the basis of market price and Tk. 1,557,204,068.00 on the basis of cost price after considering all assets and liabilities of the Fund.
Week in History
- January 18, 1966- Robert Clifton Weaver was sworn in as the first African American cabinet member in U.S. history.
- January 20, 1945- Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated to an unprecedented fourth term as president of the United States.
- January 20, 1996 – Arafat became the first democratically-elected leader of the Palestinian people with 88.1 percent of the vote.
- January 21, 1954 – The USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear powered submarine, was launched at Groton, Connecticut.
- January 22, 1901 – Queen Victoria of England died after reigning for 64 years, the longest reign in British history, during which England had become the most powerful empire in the world.
- January 23, 1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell was awarded her MD by the Medical Institute of Geneva, New York, thus becoming America’s first woman doctor.
Disclaimer: This Document has been prepared and issued by R&D, DBL on the basis of the public information available in the market, sources of data believed to be reliable. All reasonable care has been taken to ensure that the facts & information stated in the Document are accurate as on the date mentioned herein.