ACCORDING to the weekly statement of position of all scheduled banks for the week ended July 27, 2018, deposits and other accounts of all scheduled banks stood at Rs12,551.434 billion after a 0.12 per cent decrease over the preceding week’s figure of Rs12,566.667bn. Compared with last year’s corresponding figure of Rs11,701.701bn, the current week’s figure was higher by 7.20pc.

Deposits and other accounts of all commercial banks stood at Rs12,484.235bn against preceding week’s deposits of Rs12,500.068bn, showing a fall of 0.12pc. Deposits and other accounts of specialised banks stood at Rs67.199bn, larger by 0.90pc against previous week’s figure of Rs66.599bn.

Total assets of all scheduled banks stood at Rs17,651.407bn, smaller by 0.96pc over preceding week’s figure of Rs17,823.367bn. Current week’s figure is higher by 8.76pc compared to last year’s corresponding figure of Rs16,229.502bn.

Total assets of all commercial banks were Rs17.4tr, down by 0.96pc from a week ago

Total assets of all commercial banks stood at Rs17,405.004bn, smaller by 0.96pc over previous week’s figure of Rs17,574.306bn, while total assets of specialised banks at Rs246.402bn were smaller by 1.06pc over the previous week’s Rs249.061bn.

Borrowings by all scheduled banks showed a decline in the week under review. It fell by 5.06pc to Rs2,841.612bn against previous week’s Rs2,993.230bn. Compared to last year’s corresponding figure of Rs2,429.346bn, current week’s figure is higher by 26.97pc.

Borrowings by commercial banks in the week at Rs2,749.374bn were smaller by 5.07pc against previous week’s Rs2,896.481bn.

Borrowings by specialised banks stood at Rs92.237bn against the previous week’s figure of Rs96.749bn.

Investments of all scheduled banks stood at Rs7,785.159bn against preceding week’s figure of Rs7,833.857bn, smaller by 0.62pc.

Compared to last year’s corresponding figure of Rs7,988.807bn, current week’s figure is smaller by 2.54pc.

Published in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, August 13th, 2018