Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.29% (Aug 14 ’18) 1.87% (Aug 09 ’18) 1.42% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 10,307.05 (Aug 14 ’18) 8,070.00 (Aug 09 ’18) 10.22% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.5% (June ’18) 5.6% (May ’18) 0.01% Weighted Average Lending

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.29% (Aug 14 ’18) 1.87% (Aug 09 ’18) 1.42% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 10,307.05 (Aug 14 ’18) 8,070.00 (Aug 09 ’18) 10.22% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.5% (June ’18) 5.6% (May ’18) 0.01% Weighted Average Lending

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.54% (29th Sep’16) 3.59% (22nd Sep’16) 0.05% 91 Days BCR Rate 4.9443% (2nd Oct’16) 4.0151% (25th Sep’16) 0.292% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.44% (Aug’16) 5.48% (Jul’16) 0.04% Weighted Average Lending Rate 10.24% (Aug’16) 10.32% (Jul’16) 0.08% Spread

SMEs ‘backbone of industrialisation’ Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain said small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of industrialisation in a country, as they supply basic inputs to the big industries and thus help economy grow. The government is providing necessary support to the SMEs so that

Private investment to rise 22.0% next year: Finance Minister Private sector investment will increase 21.8% year-on-year to BDT 4.6 trillion next fiscal year owing to political stability and full implementation of the new pay scale for government staff, said Finance Minister AMA Muhith. In the outgoing fiscal year, private sector