ACCORDING to the weekly statement of position of all scheduled banks for the week ended November30, deposits and other accounts of all scheduled banks stood at Rs11,969.466 billion after a 1.80 per cent increase over the preceding week`s figure of Rs11,759.157bn. Compared with last year`s corresponding figure of Rs10,555.726bn, the current week`s figure was higher by 13.40pc.

Deposits and other accounts of all commercial banks stood at Rs11,877.726bn against preceding week`s deposits of Rs11,668.518bn, showing a rise of 1.80pc.

Deposits and other accounts of specialised banks stood at Rs91.741bn, higher by 1.21pc against previous week`s figure of Rs90.639bn.

Total assets of all scheduled banks stood at Rs17,139.251bn, higher by 0.74pc over preceding week`s figure of Rs17,012.621bn. Current week`s figure is higher by 20.70pc compared to last year`s corresponding figure of Rs14,199.458bn.

Total assets of all commercial banks stood at Rs16,847.061bn, higher by 0.76pc over previous week`s figure of Rs16,719.581bn, while total assets of specialised banks at Rs292.190bn were higher 0.30pc over the previous week`s Rs.293.040bn.

Borrowings by all scheduledbanks decreased in the week under review. It fell by 1.85pc to Rs3,005.065bn against previous week`s Rs3,061.659bn.

Compared to last year`s corresponding figure of Rs1,587.933bn, current week`s figure is higher by 89.24pc.

Borrowings by commercial banks in the week at Rs2,902.385bn were lower by 1.80pc against previous week`s Rs2,955.651bn.

Borrowings by specialised banks stood at Rs102.680bn against the previous week`s figure of Rs106.008bn.

Investments of all sched-uled banks stood at Rs8,475.162bn against preceding week`s figure of Rs8,463.105bn, higher by 0.14pc. Compared to last year`s corresponding figure of Rs7,052.403bn, current week`s figure is higher by 20.20pc.

Investments by all commercial banks stood at Rs8,380.731bn, higher by 0.14pc against preceding week`s figure of Rs8,368.699bn, whereas investment by all specialised banks stood at Rs.94.431bn against preceding week`s figure of Rs94.406bn.