Table 19 : Cash Ratio of Commercial Banks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week

Deposit

Average

Required

Excess

Average

 

Ended

Base*

Cash

Minimum

Cash

Cash

 

 

 

Balances

Cash

Holdings

Ratios

 

 

 

Held for

Balances

 

 

 

 

 

the Week

5.5% of (1)

(2) - (3)

(2) / (1)

 

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

 

 

 

 

(Rs Million)

(Per cent)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-Oct-98

65,980

4,276

3,629

647

6.50

 

8-Oct-98

66,936

3,732

3,682

50

5.58

 

15-Oct-98

66,836

3,765

3,676

89

5.63

 

22-Oct-98

66,873

4,138

3,678

460

6.19

 

29-Oct-98

66,920

4,383

3,681

702

6.55

 

5-Nov-98

67,067

4,336

3,689

647

6.46

 

12-Nov-98

67,504

3,831

3,713

118

5.68

 

19-Nov-98

67,419

3,980

3,708

272

5.90

 

26-Nov-98

67,361

4,364

3,705

659

6.48

 

3-Dec-98

67,691

4,199

3,723

476

6.20

 

10-Dec-98

68,055

4,132

3,743

389

6.07

 

17-Dec-98

68,022

4,315

3,741

574

6.34

 

24-Dec-98

68,471

4,203

3,766

437

6.14

 

31-Dec-98

69,863

4,007

3,842

165

5.73

 

7-Jan-99

70,095

4,067

3,855

212

5.80

 

14-Jan-99

69,514

4,232

3,823

409

6.09

 

21-Jan-99

69,529

4,829

3,824

1,005

6.95

 

28-Jan-99

69,896

5,845

3,844

2,001

8.36

 

4-Feb-99

69,992

4,630

3,850

780

6.61

 

11-Feb-99

70,603

4,134

3,883

251

5.86

 

18-Feb-99

70,368

4,266

3,870

396

6.06

 

25-Feb-99

70,142

4,533

3,858

675

6.46

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*: The deposit base is lagged by one week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 20: Cheque Clearances

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number

 

Number

Daily Average

 

 

of

Amount

of

Number of

Amount

 

 

Cheques

(Rs`000)

Days

Cheques

(Rs`000)

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Mar-98

477,206

13,892,492

21

22,724

661,547

 

Apr-98

461,712

14,481,260

22

20,987

658,239

 

May-98

415,218

12,745,470

20

20,761

637,274

 

Jun-98

469,319

15,371,545

22

21,333

698,707

 

Jul-98

497,419

15,392,276

23

21,627

669,229

 

Aug-98

422,355

13,799,004

20

21,118

689,950

 

Sep-98

505,174

14,501,380

22

22,962

659,154

 

Oct-98

477,660

14,414,685

21

22,746

686,414

 

Nov-98

473,758

14,706,667

21

22,560

700,317

 

Dec-98

561,287

19,148,184

22

25,513

870,372

 

Jan-99

434,756

12,373,624

19

22,882

651,243

 

Feb-99

341,678

12,465,665

16

21,355

779,104

 

Mar-99

515,004

16,069,912

20

25,750

803,496

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Last Updated on 4/14/99
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