Money Market
|
Parameters |
Current Period |
Earlier Period |
Change |
|
Average Call Money Rate |
4.28%
(Apr 19 ’18) |
4.53%
(Apr 12 ’18) |
0.25% |
|
Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) |
4,691.20
( Apr 19 ’18) |
7,836.20
(Apr 12 ’18) |
40.14% |
| 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 |
18.49%
(Feb ‘18) |
18.36%
(Jan ‘17) |
0.13% |
|
Classified Loan % Total Outstanding |
9.31%
(Dec’17) |
9.23%
(Dec’16) |
0.08% |
Major Local Economic Indices
| GDP Growth Rate |
7.65%
(FY ’17) |
7.28%
(FY ’16) |
0.37% |
| Inflation (12 Months Average) |
5.82%
(Mar ’18) |
5.41%
(Feb ’18) |
0.41% |
| Export |
3,054.50
(Mar ’18) |
3,097.33
(Mar ’17) |
1.38% |
| Import (C&F) |
5,019.10
(Feb ’18) |
3,760.90
(Feb ’17) |
33.45% |
| Foreign Remittance |
1,300.46
(Mar ’18) |
1,077.52
(Mar ’17) |
20.69% |
| FX Reserve |
33,217.25
(Apr 11 ’18) |
32,414.89
(Apr 11 ‘17) |
2.48% |
Figures are expressed in Million US$ unless otherwise mentioned
Capital Market
| Local |
DSEX |
5,843.46
(Apr 19 ‘18) |
5,813.14
(Apr 12 ‘18) |
0.52% |
| CSCX |
10,885.11
(Apr 19 ‘18) |
10,837.15
(Apr 12 ‘18) |
0.44% |
| CASPI |
18,009.24
(Apr 19 ‘18) |
17,934.10
(Apr 12 ‘18) |
0.42% |
| Global |
Nikkei 225 |
22,177.41
(Apr 20 ‘18) |
21,571.31
(Apr 13 ’18) |
2.81% |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average |
24,463.22
(Apr 20 ‘18) |
23,927.87
(Apr 13 ’18) |
2.24% |
| FTSE 100 |
7,361.56
(Apr 20 ‘18) |
7,171.66
(Apr 13 ’18) |
2.65% |
Major Global Economic Indices
| Type |
Country |
Inflation4 |
GDP Growth Rate1 |
Unemployment Rate1 |
| G8 |
United States |
2.40% |
2.60% |
4.10% 4 |
| Great Britain |
2.50% |
1.40% |
4.20% 3 |
| Euro Zone |
1.30% |
2.70% |
8.50% 3 |
Major
Trade
Partners |
China |
2.10% |
6.80% |
3.90% |
| India |
4.28% |
7.20% |
6.23% 4 |
| Germany |
1.60% |
2.90% |
3.50% 3 |
| Singapore |
0.50% |
4.30% 4 |
2.10% |
1-Dec’17;2-Jan’18; 3-Feb’18; 4-Mar’18
Commodity Market
| Crude Oil (Brent) [USD/bbl] |
74.06 |
72.58 |
2.04% |
| Gold Spot (USD/t oz.) |
1,336.36 |
1,346.20 |
0.73% |
| Wheat (CBOT) [USD/bu] |
477.25 |
472.25 |
1.06% |
| Soyabean Oil (CBOT) [USD/lb] |
31.56 |
31.75 |
0.60% |
* Current Period refers to April 20, 2018 & Earlier Period Refers to April 13, 2018
Exchange Rates
| EUR-USD |
Latest EUR to USD exchange rate was 1.2288. Previous week’s rate was 1.2331, change -0.35%. |
| GBP-USD |
Latest GBP to USD exchange rate 1.4000. Previous week’s rate was 1.4238, change -1.67% |
| USD-JPY |
Current USD-JPY exchange rate is 107.6600. Previous week’s closing price was 107.3500, change +0.29% |
| USD-AUD |
Current AUD to USD exchange rate 0.7672. Previous week’s rate was 0.7764, change -1.18%. |
Banking News in Capital Market
- Board of Directors’ meeting: Adjacent Banks’ Board of Directors’ meeting for considering audited financial statements of
2017 will be held in the following dates.
| EBL |
April 22 |
| TBL |
April 24 |
| FSIBL, SJIBL, EXIM, IBBL |
April 25 |
| SIBL, AB, JBL |
April 26 |
| SEBL |
April 28 |
- ISLAMIBANK: Professor Md. Nazmul Hassan, Ph. D has been elected as the Chairman of the Company.
- MTB: The BoD has recommended 12.50% stock dividend for the year 2017.
- ONEBANKLTD: The BoD has recommended 15% cash and 5% stock dividend for the year 2017.
Week in History
-
- April 15, 1989 – Upon Hu Yaobang’s death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.
- April 16, 2012 – The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.
- April 17, 2014 – NASA’s Kepler space observatory confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
- April 18, 2018 – King of Swaziland announced to change his country’s name to eSwatini
- April 19, 2011 – Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961
- April 20, 1961 – Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
- April 21, 1989 – In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang
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.