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