Money Market
| Parameters | Current Period | Earlier Period | Change |
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| Average Call Money Rate | 4.54% (Mar 28 ’18) | 4.51% (Mar 21 ’18) | 0.03% |
| Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) | 7,818.75 (Mar 28 ’18) | 8,170.50 (Mar 21 ’18) | 4.31% |
Prices | Weighted Average Deposit Rate | 5.18% (Feb ’17) | 5.01% (Jan’17) | 0.17% |
Weighted Average Lending Rate | 9.55% (Feb ’17) | 9.42% (Jan ’17) | 0.13% |
Spread | 4.37% (Feb’17) | 4.41% (Jan ’17) | 0.04% |
| YoY Private Sector Credit Growth | 18.36% (Jan ‘18) | 18.13% (Dec ‘17) | 0.23% |
| Classified Loan % Total Outstanding | 9.31% (Dec’17) | 9.23% (Dec’16) | 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 | 32,208.76 (March 21 ’18) | 32,035.15 (March 21 ‘17) | 0.54% |
Figures are expressed in Million US$ unless otherwise mentioned
Capital Market
Local | DSEX | 5,597.44 (March 29 ‘18) | 5,580.59 (March 22 ‘18) | 0.30% |
CSCX | 10,403.60 (March 29 ‘18) | 10,414.66 (March 22 ‘18) | 0.11% |
CASPI | 17,239.35 (March 29 ‘18) | 17,239.35 (March 22 ‘18) | 0.14% |
Global | Nikkei 225 | 21,680.99 (Mar 23 ‘18) | 21,680.99 (Mar 23 ’18) | 1.04% |
Dow Jones Industrial Average | 24,991.92 (Mar 23 ‘18) | 24,991.92 (Mar 23 ’18) | 3.34% |
FTSE 100 | 7,169.49 (Mar 23 ‘18) | 7,169.49 (Mar 23 ’18) | 1.32% |
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 | 2.70% | 1.40% | 4.30% 2 |
Euro Zone | 1.10% | 2.70% | 8.60% 2 |
Major Trade Partners | China | 2.90% | 6.80% | 3.90% |
India | 4.44% | 7.20% | 6.23% 4 |
Germany | 1.60% 4 | 2.90% | 3.60% 2 |
Singapore | 0.50% | 3.60% | 2.10% |
1-Dec’17;2-Jan’18; 3-Feb’18
Commodity Market
Crude Oil (Brent) [USD/bbl] | 69.34 | 70.28 | 1.34% |
Gold Spot (USD/t oz.) | 1,325.47 | 1,314.24 | 0.85% |
Wheat (CBOT) [USD/bu] | 451.00 | 467.75 | 3.58% |
Soyabean Oil (CBOT) [USD/lb] | 31.87 | 31.61 | 0.82% |
* Current Period refers to March 31, 2018 & Earlier Period Refers to March 23, 2018
Exchange Rates
EUR-USD | Latest EUR to USD exchange rate was 1.2324. Previous week’s rate was 1.2365, change -0.33%. |
GBP-USD | Latest GBP to USD exchange rate 1.4015. Previous week’s rate was 1.4155, change -0.99%. |
USD-JPY | Current USD-JPY exchange rate is 106.2800. Previous week’s closing price was 105.0300, change +1.19%. |
USD-AUD | Current AUD to USD exchange rate 0.7679. Previous week’s rate was 0.7726, change -0.61%. |
Banking News in Capital Market
- DHAKABANK: BSEC has accorded consent for raising of capital through issuance of Non-Convertible Floating Rate Subordinated Bond amounting to Tk. 500.00 crore
- JAMUNABANK: BSEC has accorded consent for raising of capital through issuance of Non-Convertible Coupon Bearing Subordinated redeemable bond amounting to Tk. 500.00
- PUBALIBANK: Recommended 10% stock Dividend for the year 2017. Date of AGM: 10.05.2018.
- JAMUNABANK: Recommended 17% cash and 5% stock dividend for 2017. AGM: 30.04.2018,
- UTTARABANK: Board of Directors’ meeting will be held on April 08, 2018 to consider audited financial statements for the year 2017.
- ICBIBANK: Board of Directors’ meeting will be held on April 05, 2018 to consider audited financial statements for the year 2017.
Week in History
- March 25, 1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight by the Pakistan Armed Forces against East Pakistani civilians.
- March 26, 1979 – Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- March 27, 2014 – Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
- March 28, 1990 – United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
- March 29, 2017 – – The United Kingdom invokes Article 50, beginning the formal process of Brexit.
- March 30, 2017 – SpaceX conducts the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket.
- March 31, 1998 – Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license.
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.