Money Market
|
Parameters |
Current Period |
Earlier Period |
Change |
|
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 |
| 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
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- 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.