Money Market   Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change   Average Call Money Rate 4.48% (Feb 26’19) 4.42% (Feb 19’19) 0.06%   Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 4106.05 (Feb 26’19) 3627.56 (Feb 19’19) 13.19% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.34% (Feb 27’19) 5.34% (Feb 20’19) 0.00% Weighted Average Lending Rate

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

Banks’ operating profits soar despite challenges Most of the private banks registered higher operating profits in the first half of the year in spite of a number of challenges, including liquidity crisis and interest rate hike. 18 banks’ operating profits; 14 posted growth in operating profits ranging from 5 percent

Mobile wallet users suffer as BB lowers transaction limits On Friday morning, Mozammel Hossain, a contractor, came to a mobile financial service (MFS) agent at Tejturi Bazar to deposit Tk 47,000 into two accounts of his site managers, who would then use the sum to pay the labourers their daily

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.49% (Oct 05 ’16) 3.54% (Sep 29 ’16) 0.05% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 5,310.00 (Oct 06 ’16) 5,390.00 (Sep 29 ’16) 10.46% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.44% (Aug ’16) 5.48% (Jul’16) 0.04% Weighted Average Lending Rate