Money Market
| Parameters | Current Period | Earlier Period | Change |
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| Average Call Money Rate | 4.53% (May 22’19) | 4.53% (May 15’19) | 0.00% |
| Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) | 4,534.35 (May 22’19) | 5,434.51 (May 15’19) | 16.56% |
Prices | Weighted Average Deposit Rate | 5.42% (May 23’19) | 5.30% (May 16’19) | 0.12% |
Weighted Average Lending Rate | 9.46% (May 23’19) | 9.49% (May 16’19) | 0.03% |
Spread | 4.04% (May 23’19) | 4.19% (May 16’19) | 0.15% |
| Classified Loan % Total Outstanding | 10.30% (Dec ’18) | 11.45% (Sep ’18) | 1.15% |
Major Local Economic Indices
GDP Growth Rate | 8.13% (FY ’19) | 7.86% (FY ’18) | 0.27% |
Inflation (12 Months Average) | 5.48% (Mar ‘19) | 5.49% (Feb ‘19) | 0.01% |
Export | 3,034.21 (Apr ’19) | 2,954.71 (Apr ’18) | 2.69% |
Import (C&F) | 4893.60 (Mar ’19) | 4842.00 (Mar ’18) | 1.07% |
Foreign Remittance | 1,434.05 (Apr ’19) | 1,331.33 (Apr ’18) | 7.71% |
FX Reserve | 31,171.75 (May 22’19) | 32083.44 (May 22’18) | 2.84% |
Figures are expressed in Million US$ unless otherwise mentioned
Capital Market
Local | DSEX | 5,250.59746 (May 23’19) | 5,230.78775 (May 16’19) | 0.38% |
CSCX | 9,708.9619 (May 23’19) | 9,687.1514 (May 16’19) | 0.23% |
CASPI | 16,041.0797 (May 23’19) | 16,001.8368 (May 16’19) | 0.25% |
Global | Nikkei 225 | 21,151.14 (May 23’19) | 21,062.98 (May 16’19) | 0.42% |
Dow Jones Industrial Average | 25,776.61 (May 23’19) | 25,648.02 (May 16’19) | 0.50% |
FTSE 100 | 7,304.17 (May 23’19) | 7,296.95 (May 16’19) | 0.09% |
Major Global Economic Indices
Type | Country | Inflation5 | GDP Growth Rate2 | Unemployment Rate |
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G8 | United States | 2.00% | 3.20% 5 | 3.60%5 |
Great Britain | 2.10% | 0.50% | 3.80% 4 |
Euro Zone | 1.70% | 0.40% | 7.70% 4 |
Major Trade Partners | China | 2.50% | 1.40% 5 | 3.67% 5 |
India | 2.92% | 1.60% | 3.53%1 |
Germany | 2.00% | 0.40% | 3.20% 4 |
Singapore | 0.80% | 3.80% 5 | 2.20%5 |
18-Apr’2019, 25-Apr’2019, 02-May’2019, 09-May’2019, 16-May’2019, 23-May’2019
Commodity Market
Crude Oil (Brent) [USD/bbl] | 70.30 | 72.18 | 2.60% |
Gold Spot (USD/t oz.) | 1,274.64 | 1,296.48 | 1.68% |
Wheat (CBOT) [USD/bu] | 470.25 | 452.25 | 3.98% |
Soyabean Oil (CBOT) [USD/lb] | 27.11 | 27.34 | 0.84% |
*Current Period refers to May 23’19 & Earlier Period Refers to May 16’19
Exchange Rates
EUR-USD | Latest EUR to USD exchange rate is 1.1159. Previous week’s rate was 1.1203, change -0.39%. |
GBP-USD | Latest GBP to USD exchange rate is 1.2677. Previous week’s rate was 1.2880, change -1.58%. |
USD-JPY | Current USD-JPY exchange rate is 110.3900. Previous week’s closing price was 109.5200, change 0.79%. |
USD-AUD | Current AUD to USD exchange rate is 0.6882. Previous week’s rate was 0.6926, change -0.64%. |
Banking News in Capital Market
- SIBL : Emerging Credit Rating Limited (ECRL) has assigned the surveillance rating of the Company as “AA” in the long term and “ST-2” in the short term along with a stable outlook based on audited financial statements of the Company up to December 31, 2018.
- UCB : The Company has informed that their 36th AGM will be held on 30.06.2019 in Kurmitola Golf Club (KGC), Dhaka Cantonment, Shaheed Sharani, Dhaka-1206 at 10:00 AM.
Week in History
- May 19, 1890 – Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) was born in the central Vietnamese village of Kim Lien (as Nguyen That Thanh). In 1930, he organized the Indo-Chinese Communist party and later adopted the name Ho Chi Minh, meaning “he who enlightens.”
- May 20, 1932 – Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Five years later, along with her navigator Fred Noonan, she disappeared while trying to fly her twin-engine plane around the equator.
- May 21, 1881 – The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton. The organization today provides volunteer disaster relief in the U.S. and abroad.
- May 22, 1859 – Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born at Edinburgh, Scotland.
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.