Money Market
| Parameters | Current Period | Earlier Period | Change |
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| Average Call Money Rate | 4.50% (Dec 20 ’18) | 3.93% (Dec 13 ’18) | 0.57% |
| Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) | 6,428.38 (Dec 20 ’18) | 7,909.40 (Dec 13 ’18) | 4.61% |
Prices | Weighted Average Deposit Rate | 5.25% (Dec 20 ’18) | 5.27% (Dec 13 ’18) | 0.02% |
Weighted Average Lending Rate | 9.39% (Dec 20’18) | 9.46% (Dec 13’18) | 0.07% |
Spread | 4.14% (Dec 20’18) | 4.19% (Dec 13’18) | 0.05% |
| YoY Private Sector Credit Growth | 16.95% (Oct ’18) | 16.95% (Oct ’17) | 0.00% |
| Classified Loan % Total Outstanding | 10.41% (June ’18) | 10.13% (June ’17) | 0.28% |
Major Local Economic Indices
GDP Growth Rate | 7.86% (FY ’18) | 7.28% (FY ’17) | 0.58% |
Inflation (12 Months Average) | 5.59% (Nov ’18) | 5.63% (Nov ’17) | 0.04% |
Export | 17,073.76 (FY ’18) | 14,562.91 (FY ’17) | 17.24% |
Import (C&F) | 20244.90 (Nov ’18) | 18526.60 (Nov ’17) | 9.27% |
Foreign Remittance | 6,286.28 (Nov ’18) | 5,768.54 (Nov ’17) | 8.97% |
FX Reserve | 31357.83 (Dec 12’18) | 32727.00 (Dec 12’17) | 4.18% |
Figures are expressed in Million US$ unless otherwise mentioned
Capital Market
Local | DSEX | 5,242.56289 (Dec 20 ‘18) | 5,265.84016 (Dec 13 ‘18) | 0.44% |
CSCX | 9763.4913 (Dec 20 ‘18) | 9754.3475 (Dec 13 ‘18) | 0.09% |
CASPI | 16138.9771 (Dec 20 ‘18) | 16125.5827 (Dec 13 ‘18) | 0.08% |
Global | Nikkei 225 | 20,392.58 (Dec 20 ’18) | 21,816.19 (Dec 13 ’18) | 6.53% |
Dow Jones Industrial Average | 23,323.66 (Dec 20 ’18) | 24,527.27 (Dec 13 ’18) | 4.90% |
FTSE 100 | 6,733.00 (Dec 20 ’18) | 6,880.81 (Dec 13 ’18) | 2.14% |
Major Global Economic Indices
Type | Country | Inflation5 | GDP Growth Rate2 | Unemployment Rate |
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G8 | United States | 2.20% | 3.50% 5 | 3.70%5 |
Great Britain | 2.30% | 0.60% | 4.10% 4 |
Euro Zone | 2.00% | 0.20% | 8.10% 4 |
Major Trade Partners | China | 2.20% | 1.60% 5 | 3.82% 5 |
India | 2.33% | 1.90% | 3.52%1 |
Germany | 2.30% | 0.20% | 3.30% 4 |
Singapore | 0.70% | 3.00% 5 | 2.10%5 |
15-Nov ’18, 22-Nov ’18, 29-Nov ’18, 06-Dec’18, 13-Dec’18, 20-Dec’18
Commodity Market
Crude Oil (Brent) [USD/bbl] | 55.31 | 60.35 | 8.35% |
Gold Spot (USD/t oz.) | 1,256.17 | 1,244.87 | 0.90% |
Wheat (CBOT) [USD/bu] | 527.00 | 530.25 | 0.61% |
Soyabean Oil (CBOT) [USD/lb] | 28.69 | 29.22 | 1.81% |
*Current Period refers to December 20’18 & Earlier Period Refers to December 13’18
Exchange Rates
EUR-USD | Latest EUR to USD exchange rate is 1.1480. Previous week’s rate was 1.1378, change 0.89%. |
GBP-USD | Latest GBP to USD exchange rate is 1.2697. Previous week’s rate was 1.2658, change 0.31%. |
USD-JPY | Current USD-JPY exchange rate is 111.7300. Previous week’s closing price was 113.4900, change -1.55%. |
USD-AUD | Current AUD to USD exchange rate is 0.7142. Previous week’s rate was 0.7236, change -1.29%. |
Banking News in Capital Market
- ICB: The Corporation has informed that it has credited the bonus shares for the year ended on June 30, 2018 to the respective shareholders’ BO Accounts on December 20, 2018.
- MTB: Mr. M. A. Rouf, one of the Sponsors Directors of the Company has expressed his intention to receive 1,19,746 shares of the Company from his son Mr. Mahin Rouf, a Placement Shareholder of the Company, by way of gift outside the trading system of the Exchange within October 31, 2018.
Week in History
- December 16, 1971 – Bangladesh celebrates Victory Day on December 16 to commemorate the victory of the allied forces over the Pakistani forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
- December 18, 1956 – Japan was admitted to the United Nations.
- December 19, 1732 – Benjamin Franklin first published Poor Richard’s Almanac containing weather predictions, humor, proverbs and epigrams, eventually selling nearly 10,000 copies per year.
- December 21, 1846 – Anesthesia was used for the first time in Britain during an operation at University College Hospital in London performed by Robert Liston who amputated the leg of a servant.
- December 21, 1972 – East and West Germany established diplomatic ties, ending nearly two decades of Cold War hostility and paving the way for international recognition of East Germany
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