Money Market
| Parameters | Current Period | Earlier Period | Change |
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| 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% |
Prices | Weighted 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
Local | DSEX | 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% |
Global | Nikkei 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
Type | Country | Inflation3 | GDP Growth Rate1 | Unemployment Rate1 |
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G8 | United 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-USD | Latest EUR to USD exchange rate was 1.2290. Previous week’s rate was 1.2307, change -0.14%. |
GBP-USD | Latest GBP to USD exchange rate 1.3942. Previous week’s rate was 1.3850, change +0.66%. |
USD-JPY | Current USD-JPY exchange rate is 106.0100. Previous week’s closing price was 106.8200, change -0.76%. |
USD-AUD | Current AUD to USD exchange rate 0.7713. Previous week’s rate was 0.7844, change -1.67%. |
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.