Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.83% (Dec 11’19) 3.85% (Nov 21’19) 0.52% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 5,791.79 (Dec 11’19) 6,193.97 (Nov 28’19) 6.49% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.60% (Aug ’19) 5.60% (Aug ’19) 0.00% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.60% (Aug ’19)

Dollar continues to get dearer The US dollar appreciated heavily against the taka over the last seven days despite the injection of $102 million into the market by the Bangladesh Bank during the period. The inter-bank exchange rate of the dollar shot up to Tk 81.70 yesterday from Tk 81.20

52pc users apply for power thru middlemen Fifty-two per cent of electricity consumers in Bangladesh apply for the connection through middlemen instead of going to the distribution offices directly, according to a new survey. The survey was conducted by Infrastructure Investment Facilitation Company, an advisory body of the government under

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.87% (Nov 08 ’17) 3.83% (Nov 01 ’17) 0.06% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 5,662.00 (Nov 08 ’17) 6,579.00 (Nov 01 ’17) 13.94% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 4.90% (Sep ’17) 4.93% (Aug ’17) 0.03% Weighted Average Lending

BB squeezes pvt sector credit growth target in MPS Bangladesh Bank has lowered private sector credit growth target to 16.20 per cent, which has maintained an upward trend in recent months, in the monetary policy statement for July-December of this year with a view to decreasing the money supply in