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Bank borrowings rise

2017-11-27
ACCORDING to the weekly statement of position of all scheduled banks for the week ended November 10, deposits and other accounts of all scheduled banks stood at Rs11,707.279 billion after a 0.65 per cent decrease over the preceding week`s figure of Rs11,783.372bn.

Compared with last year`s corresponding figure of Rs10,401.843bn, the current week`s figure was higher by 12.55pc.

Deposits and other accounts of all commercial banks stood at Rs11,617.127bn against preceding week`s deposits of Rs11,694.161bn, showing a decline of 0.66pc.

Deposits and other accounts of specialised banks stood at Rs90.153bn, higher by 1.06pc against previous week`s figure of Rs89.210bn.

Total assets of all scheduled banks stood at Rs16,724.007bn, higher by 0.73pc over preceding week`s figure of Rs16,602.490bn.

Current week`s figure is higher by 18.25pc compared to last year`s corresponding figure of Rs14142.590bn.

Total assets of all commercial banks stood at Rs16,437.250bn, higher by 0.70pc over previous week`s figure of Rs16,322.326bn, while total assets of specialised banks at Rs286.757bn,were higher 2.35pc over the previousweek`sRs.280.164bn.

Borrowings by all scheduled banks increased in the week under review. It rose by 6.28pc to Rs2,840.467bn against previous week`s Rs2,672.467bn. Compared to last year`s corresponding figure of Rs1,718.535bn, current week`s figure is higher by 65.28pc.

Borrowings by commercial banks in the week at Rs2,740.270bn were higher by 6.33pc against previous week`s Rs2,577.105bn.

Borrowings by specialised banks stood at Rs100.676bn against the previous week`sfigure of Rs95.362bn.

Investments of all scheduled banks stood at Rs8,401.986bn against preceding week`s figure of Rs8,340.840bn, higher by 0.73pc. Compared to last year`s corresponding figure of Rs7,184.678bn, current week`s figure is higher by 16.94pc.

Investments by all commercial banks stood at Rs8,312.948bn, higher by 0.63pc against preceding week`s figure of Rs8,260.693bn, whereas investment by all specialised banks stood at Rs.89.038bn against preceding week`s figure of Rs80.147bn.