Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 5.08% (Sep 05’19) 4.61% (Aug 21’19) 0.47% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 3,396.63 (Sep 05’19) 3,544.88 (Aug 21’19) 4.18% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.56% (Sep 05’19) 5.43% (Aug 01’19) 0.13% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.59% (Sep 05’19)

Govt to put caps on cash transactions to curb illegal money flow The government may tighten restrictions on cash transactions in banks in an effort to curb terror financing and money laundering in Bangladesh. According to sources, a report prepared by the central bank to this end is going to

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 5.06 % (Feb 06’20) 5.04 % (Feb 02’20) 0.02 % Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 5,790.69 (Feb 06’20) 5,108.25 (Feb 02’20) 13.36% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.70% (Dec ’19) 5.71% (Nov ’19) 0.01% Weighted Average Lending Rate

Loan defaults keep swelling Banks’ loan defaults continue to soar in 2016, rising 6.65% in the second quarter to BDT 633.7 billion. At the end of the first quarter, the total defaults stood at BDT 594.1 billion, according to central bank statistics. Defaults at the end of June were 10.1%

Lending disrupted for a week for BB server crash Banks’ lending activities ground to a halt for a week until last evening due to the abrupt collapse of the central bank’s Credit Information Bureau server on March 6. The CIB report, which informs on the clients’ credit status, must be