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TT-Clean: 77.1 | TK BC-Selling: 78.1
TK OD-Sight: 76.88 TK | TC-Selling: 78.1 TK

TT-Clean: 77.1 | TK BC-Selling: 78.1
TK OD-Sight: 76.88 TK | TC-Selling: 78.1 TK

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TT-Clean: 77.1 | TK BC-Selling: 78.1
TK OD-Sight: 76.88 TK | TC-Selling: 78.1 TK

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Issue 77, March 18, 2018

Money Market

ParametersCurrent PeriodEarlier PeriodChange
Average Call Money Rate 4.48%
(Mar 15 ’18)
4.29%
(Mar 07 ’18)
0.19%
Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 8,810.35
(Mar 15 ’18)
8,334.40
(Mar 07 ’18)
5.71%
PricesWeighted Average Deposit Rate 5.01%
(Jan ’17)
4.91%
(Dec ’17)
0.10%
Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.42%
(Dec ’17)
9.35%
(Dec ’17)
0.07%
Spread 4.41%
(Dec ’17)
4.44%
(Dec’17)
0.03%
YoY Private Sector Credit Growth 18.36%
(Jan ‘17)
18.13%
(Dec ‘17)
0.23%
Classified Loan % Total Outstanding 9.31%
(Dec’17)
9.23%
(Dec’17)
0.08%

Major Local Economic Indices

GDP Growth Rate 7.28%
(FY ’17)
7.11%
(FY ’16)
0.17%
Inflation (12 Months Average) 5.70%
(Dec ’17)
5.52%
(Dec ’16)
0.18%
Export 3,072.15
(Feb ’18)
2,705.99
(Feb ’17)
22.16%
Import (C&F) 5,255.00
(Jan ’18)
4,301.70
(Jan ’17)
17.48%
Foreign Remittance 1,149.00
(Feb ’18)
940.75
(Feb ’17)
22.14%
FX Reserve 32,048.06
(March 14 ’18)
31,744.63
(March 14 ‘17)
0.96%

Figures are expressed in Million US$ unless otherwise mentioned

Capital Market

LocalDSEX 5,720.59
(March 15‘18)
5,822.18
(March 08‘18)
2.45%
CSCX 10,661.35
(March 15 ‘18)
10,867.18
(March 08‘18)
1.89%
CASPI 17,655.65
(March 15 ‘18)
18,000.66
(March 08 ‘18)
1.92%
GlobalNikkei 225 21,680.99
(Mar 16 ‘18)
21,680.99
(Mar 09 ’18)
0.98%
Dow Jones Industrial Average 24,991.92
(Mar 16 ‘18)
25,320.59
(Mar 09 ’18)
1.30%
FTSE 100 7,169.49
(Mar 16 ‘18)
7,218.90
(Mar 09 ’18)
0.68%

Major Global Economic Indices

TypeCountryInflation3GDP Growth Rate1Unemployment Rate1
G8United States 2.20% 2.50% 4.10% 3
Great Britain 3.00% 2 1.40% 4.40%
Euro Zone 1.10% 2.70% 8.60% 2
Major
Trade
Partners
China 2.90% 6.80% 3.90%
India 4.44% 7.20% 6.06% 3
Germany 1.40% 2.90% 3.60% 2
Singapore 0.00% 2 3.60% 2.10%

1-Dec’17;2-Jan’18; 3-Feb’18

Commodity Market

Crude Oil (Brent) [USD/bbl] 66.21 65.49 1.10%
Gold Spot (USD/t oz.) 1,314.24 1,323.93 0.73%
Wheat (CBOT) [USD/bu] 467.75 489.25 4.39%
Soyabean Oil (CBOT) [USD/lb] 31.98 31.59 1.23%

* Current Period refers to March 16, 2018 & Earlier Period Refers to March 09, 2018

Exchange Rates

EUR-USDLatest EUR to USD exchange rate was 1.2290. Previous week’s rate was 1.2307, change -0.14%.
GBP-USDLatest GBP to USD exchange rate 1.3942. Previous week’s rate was 1.3850, change +0.66%.
USD-JPYCurrent USD-JPY exchange rate is 106.0100. Previous week’s closing price was 106.8200, change -0.76%.
USD-AUDCurrent AUD to USD exchange rate 0.7713. Previous week’s rate was 0.7844, change -1.67%.

Banking News in Dailies

Banking News in Capital Market

  • BRACBANK: A meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on March 22, 2018 to consider, audited financial statements of the Company for the year 2017.
  • BRACBANK: The Board of Directors has decided to increase Authorized Capital of the Company from Tk.1,200.00 crore to Tk. 2,000.00 crore as well as to amend Clause -6 of the Memorandum of Association and Clause-4 of the Articles of Association of the Company.
  • UCBL: A meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on March 20, 2018 to consider, audited financial statements of the Company for the year 2017.
  • DUTCHBANGL: Trading of the shares of the Company will remain suspended on record date i.e., 14.03.2018.

Week in History

    • March 11, 2006 – Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
    • March 12, 2009 – Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty in New York to scamming $18 billion, the largest in Wall Street’s history.
    • March 13, 2013 – Pope Francis is elected, in the papal conclave, as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
    • March 14, 1995 – Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
    • March 15, 2011 – Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.
    • March 16, 2014 – Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
    • March 17, 2011 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 relating to Somalia and Libyan Civil War are adopted.

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.