Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 5.09 % (Feb 20’20) 5.07 % (Feb 13’20) 0.02 % Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 2,452.52 (Feb 20’20) 2,833.35 (Feb 13’20) 13.44 % Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.70% (Feb ’20) 5.71% (Feb ’20) 0.01% Weighted Average Lending

MoF-Bangladesh Bank joint body to recover BDT 96.69 billion from 25 top defaulters A joint committee of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Bangladesh Bank (BB) will be formed to realize BDT 96.69 billion from 25 top default companies. The main tasks of the proposed panel will be to

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 2.77% (May 16 ’18) 2.77% (May 09 ’18) – Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 5,471.10 (May 16 ’18) 4,946.40 (May 09 ’18) 9.52% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.30% (Mar ’18) 5.18% (Feb ’18) 0.12% Weighted Average Lending

Bad loans rise by 21.0% to BDT 524.5 billion in 2016 Bad loans, the worst type of defaulted loans, in the country’s banking sector increased by 20.6% to BDT 524.5 billion in last year as the scheduled banks failed to recover their classified loans, said officials of Bangladesh Bank. They

Buyers’ credit rises to USD 4.45 billion The buyers’ credit in the country’s business sector increased by 17.8% to USD 4.45 billion as of June 30, 2016 from USD 3.78 billion as of June 30, 2015 as the local importers are allowed to take the foreign loans with a lower