Money Market
| Parameters | Current Period | Earlier Period | Change |
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| Average Call Money Rate | 3.92% (Dec 27 ’17) | 3.92% (Dec 20 ’17) | 0.11% |
| Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) | 6,421.00 (Dec 27 ’17) | 7,120.00 (Dec 20 ’17) | 9.82% |
Prices | Weighted Average Deposit Rate | 4.89% (Oct ’17) | 4.90% (Sep ’17) | 0.01% |
Weighted Average Lending Rate | 9.39% (Oct ’17) | 9.45% (Sep ’17) | 0.06% |
Spread | 4.50% (Oct ’17) | 4.55% (Sep ’17) | 0.05% |
| YoY Private Sector Credit Growth | 18.63% (Oct ‘17) | 17.80% (Sep ‘17) | 0.83% |
| Classified Loan % Total Outstanding | 10.67% (Sep’17) | 10.13% (Jun’17) | 0.54% |
Major Local Economic Indices
GDP Growth Rate | 7.28% (FY ’17) | 7.11% (FY ’16) | 0.17% |
Inflation (12 Months Average) | 5.59% (Oct ’17) | 5.55% (Sep ’17) | 0.04% |
Export | 3,057.11 (Nov’17) | 2,878.09 (Nov’16) | 6.22% |
Import (C&F) | 5,342.20 (Oct’17) | 4,124.70 (Oct’16) | 29.52% |
Foreign Remittance | 1,214.75 (Nov ’17) | 951.37 (Nov ’16) | 27.68% |
FX Reserve | 32,112.45 (Dec 27’17) | 32,113.64 (Dec 20’16) | 0.004% |
Figures are expressed in Million US$ unless otherwise mentioned
Capital Market
Local | DSEX | 6,244.52 (Dec 28 ‘17) | 6,182.79 (Dec 21 ‘17) | 1.00% |
CSCX | 19,649.62 (Dec 28 ‘17) | 11,558.26 (Dec 21 ‘17) | 0.79% |
CASPI | 19,268.04 (Dec 28 ‘17) | 19,122.74 (Dec 21 ‘17) | 0.76% |
Global | Nikkei 225 | 225 22,764.78 (Dec 29’17) | 22,898.48 (Dec 22’17) | 0.58% |
Dow Jones Industrial Average | 24,744.45 (Dec 29’17) | 24,751.25 (Dec 22’17) | 0.03% |
FTSE 100 | 7,696.8 (Dec 29 ’17) | 7,587.77 (Dec 22 ’17) | 1.44% |
Major Global Economic Indices
Type | Country | Inflation3 | GDP Growth Rate1 | Unemployment Rate2 |
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G8 | United States | 2.20% | 2.30% | 4.10% 3 |
Great Britain | 3.10% | 1.70% | 4.30% |
Euro Zone | 1.50% | 2.60% | 8.80% |
Major Trade Partners | China | 1.70% | 6.80% | 3.95% |
India | 4.88% | 6.30% | 4.59% 3 |
Germany | 1.70% 4 | 2.80% | 3.60% |
Singapore | 0.60% | 5.20% | 2.20%1 |
1-Sep’17;2-Oct’17;3-Nov’17;4-Dec’17
Commodity Market
Crude Oil (Brent) [USD/bbl] | 66.87 | 65.25 | 2.48% |
Gold Spot (USD/t oz.) | 1,302.80 | 1,274.16 | 2.25% |
Wheat (CBOT) [USD/bu] | 427.00 | 424.75 | 0.53% |
Soyabean Oil (CBOT) [USD/lb] | 33.26 | 32.94 | 0.97% |
* Current Period refers to December 29, 2017 & Earlier Period Refers to December 22, 2017
Exchange Rates
EUR-USD | Latest EUR to USD exchange rate was 1.2005. Previous week’s rate was 1.1862, change +1.21%. |
GBP-USD | Latest GBP to USD exchange rate 1.3513. Previous week’s rate was 1.3363, change +1.12%. |
USD-JPY | Current USD-JPY exchange rate is 112.6900. Previous week’s closing price was 113.2900, change -0.53%. |
USD-AUD | Current AUD to USD exchange rate 0.7809. Previous week’s rate was 0.7709, change +1.30%. |
Banking News in Capital Market
- DUTCHBANGL: Board of Directors has approved the issuance of 2nd Subordinated Bond, subject to the approval of the BSEC and BB. Some features of the Bond are: Issue Size: Tk. 5,000.00 million. Objective: Increasing the Tier 2 Capital to meet the capital requirement under Basel III and to strengthen the regulatory capital base of the Bank. Nature of the instrument: Unsecured, Non-Convertible, Subordinated Bond, Mode of Placement: Private Placement, Tenure: 7 years.
Week in History
- December 24, 1969 – The oil company Phillips Petroleum made the first oil discovery in the Norwegian sector of North Sea.
- December 25, 1991 – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine’s referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.
- December 26, 2009 – China opens the world’s longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.
- December 27, 2007 – Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.
- December 28, 1948 – The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.
- December 29, 2006 – UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.
- December 30, 2006 – Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
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.