Deposit Collection Spikes in Fourth Week of Poush, Lending Fairly Stable

The elaborate report on the trend of deposit and lending in the nation's commercial banks has been unveiled. This is the data reported as of Poush 23, 2078, i.e. the last working day of the fourth week. The CD ratio as of this date is 89.68%.

The total deposit went up by Rs. 58 billion in the fourth week of Poush, and the figure is at Rs. 4,307 billion. In the third week, this figure had gone up by Rs. 14 billion from the week before that. Rs. 4,209 billion worth of deposit is in local currency while the rest Rs. 98 billion is in foreign currency.

Meanwhile, the total lending has gone up by Rs. 9 billion, and the total figure is at Rs. 4,108 billion. Rs. 3,994 billion worth of lending has been forwarded in local currency while Rs. 114 billion is in foreign currency.