Bad loans rise by 21.0% to BDT 524.5 billion in 2016 Bad loans, the worst type of defaulted loans, in the country’s banking sector increased by 20.6% to BDT 524.5 billion in last year as the scheduled banks failed to recover their classified loans, said officials of Bangladesh Bank. They

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.55% (May 29’19) 4.53% (May 22’19) 0.02% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6,954.31 (May 29’19) 4,534.35 (May 22’19) 53.36% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.42% (May 30’19) 5.30% (May 23’19) 0.00% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.46% (May 30’19)

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.93% (Dec 13 ’18) 3.81% (Dec 06 ’18) 0.12% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 7,909.40 (Dec 13 ’18) 8,291.95 (Dec 06 ’18) 4.61% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.25% (Dec 13 ’18) 5.27% (Dec 06 ’18) 0.02% Weighted

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 2.77% (May 16 ’18) 2.77% (May 09 ’18) – Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 5,471.10 (May 16 ’18) 4,946.40 (May 09 ’18) 9.52% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.30% (Mar ’18) 5.18% (Feb ’18) 0.12% Weighted Average Lending

Bangladesh Bank intensifies US dollar purchase from banks The central bank has intensified further the buying of US dollar from banks to keep the inter-bank foreign exchange market stable ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival, officials said. Under the latest move, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) bought USD 50.0 million from four