Private credit growth hits 18-month low Private sector credit growth dropped to an 18-month low of 15.87 percent in July, as banks have adopted a “go slow” policy for loan disbursement to comply with the central bank’s newly set loan-deposit ratio. This growth was 1 percentage point less than the

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.83% (Nov 01 ’17) 3.84% (Oct 25 ’17) 0.01% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6,579.00 (Nov 01 ’17) 6,581.00 (Oct 25 ’17) 0.03% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 4.83% (Sep ’17) 4.93% (Aug ’17) 0.10% Weighted Average Lending

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.86% (Oct 11 ’17) 3.88% (Oct 04 ’17) 0.02% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 8,094.00 (Oct 11 ’17) 8,422.00 (Oct 04 ’17) 3.89% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 4.93% (Aug ’17) 4.89% (Jul ’17) 0.04% Weighted Average Lending

Foreign funds in Dhaka stocks soar Net foreign investment in the capital market jumped more than nine times year-on-year in the first ten months of the year as overseas investors were anticipating a positive market scenario. Foreign investors bought shares worth BDT 40.0 billion and sold shares worth BDT 31.7

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.06% (Aug 30 ’17) 3.82% (Aug 23 ’17) 0.24% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 8,474.00 (Aug 30 ’17) 7,765.00 (Aug 23 ’17) 9.13% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 4.89% (Jul ’17) 4.84% (Jun ’17) 0.09% Weighted Average Lending