Commercial Banks Report Higher Deposit Collection Than Lending in Third Week of Magh

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 Magh 21, 2078, i.e. the last working day of the third week. The CD ratio as of this date is 90.60%.

The total deposit went up by Rs. 3 billion in the third week of Magh, and the figure is at Rs. 4,311 billion. In the second week, this figure had gone down by Rs. 3 billion from the week before that. Rs. 4,215 billion worth of deposit is in local currency while the rest Rs. 96 billion is in foreign currency.

Meanwhile, the total lending has gone up by Rs. 1 billion, and the total figure is at Rs. 4,149 billion. Rs. 4,061 billion worth of lending has been forwarded in local currency while Rs. 88 billion is in foreign currency.