According to the weekly statement of position of all scheduled banks for the week ended July 7, deposits and other accounts of all scheduled banks stood at Rs11,798.262 billion after a 1.52pc decrease over the preceding week’s figure of Rs11,980.697bn.

Compared with last year’s corresponding figure of Rs10,214.526bn, the current week’s figure was higher by 15.50pc.

Deposits and other accounts of all commercial banks stood at Rs11,732.171bn against preceding week’s deposits of Rs11,913.581bn, showing a fall of 1.52pc.

Borrowings by all scheduled banks declined during the last week

Deposits and other accounts of specialised banks stood at Rs66.091bn, lower by 1.53pc against previous week’s figure of Rs67.116bn.

Total assets of all scheduled banks stood at Rs16,406.568bn, lower by 2.36pc over preceding week’s figure of Rs16,803.027bn. Current week’s figure is higher by 11.03pc compared to last year’s corresponding figure of Rs14,776.154bn.

Total assets of all commercial banks stood at Rs16,151.949bn, smaller by 2.38pc over previous week’s figure of Rs16,546.326bn, while total assets of specialised banks at Rs2,54.619bn, were lower 0.81pc over the previous week’s Rs256.701bn.

Gross advances of all scheduled banks stood at Rs6,064.397bn, lower by 1.81pc over the preceding week’s figure of 6,176.306bn.

Compared with last year’s corresponding figure of Rs5,209.193bn, current week’s figure is higher by 16.42pc.

Advances by all commercial banks decreased to Rs5,893.771bn from previous week’s Rs6,005.819bn indicating a fall of 1.86pc, whereas advances of specialised banks stood at Rs170.626bn against previous week’s 170.487bn.

Borrowings by all scheduled banks declined in the week under review. It fell by 7.67pc to Rs2,451.263bn against previous week’s Rs2,654.899bn.

Compared to last year’s corresponding figure of Rs2,543.957bn, current week’s figure is lower by 3.64pc.

Borrowings by commercial banks in the week at Rs2,411.130bn were lower by 7.76pc against previous week’s Rs2,613.989bn.

Borrowings by specialised banks stood at Rs40.133bn against the previous week’s Rs40.911bn.

Investments of all scheduled banks stood at Rs8,100.049bn against preceding week’s figure of Rs8,166.143bn, showing a fall of 0.81pc.

Compared to last year’s corresponding figure of Rs7,582.199bn, current week’s figure is higher by 6.83pc.

Investments by all commercial banks stood at Rs8,053.663bn, smaller by 0.79pc against preceding week’s figure of Rs8,117.620bn, whereas investment by all specialised banks stood at Rs46.386bn against preceding week’s figure of Rs48.523bn.

Cash and balances with treasury banks of all scheduled banks decreased over the week and stood at Rs.1,016.854bn against previous week’s Rs1,122.866bn, showing a fall of 9.44pc.

Current week’s figure increased by 6.63pc compared to last year’s corresponding figure of Rs953.624bn.

Cash and balances of all commercial banks stood at Rs1,013.297bn, smaller by 9.33pc over previous week’s Rs1,117.569bn.

Cash and balances of all specialised banks were lower by 13.66pc at Rs4.043bn against the preceding week’s Rs3.557bn.

Published in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, July 24th, 2017