ACCORDING to > the weekly statement of position of all scheduled banks for the week ended November 24 deposits and other accounts of all scheduled banks stood at Rs11,759.157 billion after a 0.26 per cent increase over the preceding week`s figure of Rs11,728.993bn. Compared with last year`s corresponding figure of Rs10,471.739bn, the current week`s figure was higher by 12.30pc.

Deposits and other accounts of all commercial banks stood at Rs11,668.518bn against preceding week`s deposits of Rs11,639.118bn, showing a rise of 0. 25pc.

Deposits and other accounts of specialized banks stood at Rs90.639bn, higher by 0.85pc against previous week`s figure of Rs89.875bn.

Total assets of all scheduled banksstoodat Rs17,012.621bn, higher by 1.62pc over preceding week`s figure of Rs16,741.981bn. Current week`s figure is higher by 20.73pc compared to last year`s corresponding figure of Rs14,091.270bn.

Total assets of all commercial banks stood at Rs16,719.581bn, higher by 1.61pc over previous week`s figure of Rs16,454.528bn, while total assets of specialized banks at Rs293.04bn were higher1.94pc over the previous week`s Rs.287.454bn.

Borrowings by all scheduled banks increased in the week under review. It rose by 8.20pc to Rs3,061.659bn against previous week`s Rs2,829.940bn.

Compared to last year`s corresponding figure of Rs1,575.280bn, current week`s figure is higher by 94.36pc.

Borrowings by comrnercial banks in the week at Rs2,955.651bn were higher by 8.33pc against previous week`s Rs2,728.315bn.

Borrowings by Specialized banks stood at Rs106.008bn against the previous week`sfigure of Rs101.625bn.

Investments of all scheduled banks stood at Rs8,463.105bn against preceding week`s figure of Rs8,415.083bn, higher by 0.57pc. Compared to last year`s corresponding figure of Rs7,053.150bn, current week`s figure is higher by 20.00pc.

Investments by all commercial banks stood at Rs8,368.699bn, higher by 0.52pc against preceding week`s figure of Rs8,324.955bn, whereas investment by all specialized banks stood at Rs.94.406bn against preceding week`s figure of Rs90.128bn. •