ACCORDING to > the weekly statement of position of all scheduled banks for the week ended October 20, deposits and other accounts of all scheduled banks stood at Rs11,685.493 billion after a 0.40 per cent decrease over the preceding week`s figure of Rs11733.096bn.

Compared with last year`s corresponding figure of Rs10,301.370bn, the current week`s figure was higher by 13.44pc.

Deposits and other accounts of all commercial banks stood at Rs11,601.288bn against preceding week`s deposits of Rs11,653.240bn, showing a fall of 0.45pc. Deposits and other accounts of specialised banks stood at Rs84.206bn, higher by 5.45pc against previous week`s figure of Rs79.855bn.

Total assets of all scheduled banks stood at Rs16,502.670bn, lower by 0.17pc over preceding week`s figure of Rs16,530.303bn.

Current week`s figure is higher by 17.31pc compared to last year`s corresponding figure of Rs14,067.672bn.

Total assets of all commercial banks stood at Rs16,236.693bn, smaller by 0.20pc over previous week`sfigure of Rs16,268.197bn, while total assets of specialised banks at Rs265.977bn, were higher 1.48pc over the previousweek`sRs.262.106bn.

Gross advances of all scheduled banks stood at Rs6,135.235bn, higher by 0.14pc over the preceding week`s figure of Rs6,126.880bn. Compared with last year`s corresponding figure of Rs5,140.605bn, current week`s figure is higher by 19.35pc.

Advances by all commercial banks increased to Rs5,963.132bn from previous week`s Rs5,954.921bn indicating a rise of 0.14pc, whereas advances of specialised banks stood at Rs172.103bn against previous week`s Rs171.959bn.

Borrowings by all scheduled banks increased in the week under review. It rose by 0.22pc to Rs2,690.479bn against previous week`s Rs2,684.652bn. Compared to last year`s corresponding figure of Rs1,729.981bn, current week`s figure is higher by 55.52pc.

Borrowings by commercial banks in the week at Rs2,604.601bn were higher by 0.22pc against previous week`s Rs2,598.774bn. Borrowings by specialised banks stood at Rs85.878bn against the previ-ous week`s figure.

Investments of all scheduled banks stood at Rs8,322.375bn against preceding week`s figure of Rs8,349.013bn, lower by 0.32pc. Compared to last year`s corresponding figure of Rs7,235.008bn, current week`s figure is higher by 15.03pc.

Investments by all commercial banks stood at Rs8,256.427bn, lower by 0.38pc against preceding week`s figure of Rs8,288.367bn, whereas investment by all specialised banks stood at Rs65.948bn against preceding week`s figure of Rs60.646bn.

Cash and balances with treasury banks of all scheduled banks decreased over the week and stood at Rs.913.549bn against previous week`s Rs944.763bn, showing a fall of 3.30pc. Current week`s figure increased by 14.35pc compared to last year`s corresponding figure of Rs798.922bn.

Cash and balances of all commercial banks stood at Rs909.401bn, smaller by 3.31pc over previous week`s Rs940.528bn. Cash and balances of all specialised banks were lower by 2.05pc at Rs4.148bn against the preceding week`s Rs4.235bn.