Deposit Collection Rose Rs. 17 B in Last Week of Poush, Lending Rose Twice As Much

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 30, 2078, i.e. the last working day of the month's last week.

The total deposit went up by Rs. 17 billion in the fifth week of Poush, and the figure is at Rs. 4,324 billion. In the fourth week, this figure had gone up by Rs. 58 billion from the week before that. Rs. 4,227 billion worth of deposit is in local currency while the rest Rs. 97 billion is in foreign currency.

Meanwhile, the total lending has gone up by Rs. 35 billion, and the total figure is at Rs. 4,143 billion. Rs. 4,037 billion worth of lending has been forwarded in local currency while Rs. 106 billion is in foreign currency.