Table 20: Maintenance of Cash Ratio by Commercial Banks | |||||
Week | Deposit | Average | Required | Excess | Average |
Ended | Base1 | 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) | ||||
5-Oct-00 | 85,490 | 4,805 | 4,702 | 103 | 5.62 |
12-Oct-00 | 86,100 | 4,833 | 4,736 | 97 | 5.61 |
19-Oct-00 | 85,591 | 4,934 | 4,708 | 226 | 5.76 |
26-Oct-00 | 85,165 | 4,865 | 4,684 | 181 | 5.71 |
2-Nov-00 | 85,239 | 4,806 | 4,688 | 118 | 5.64 |
9-Nov-00 | 86,090 | 4,787 | 4,735 | 52 | 5.56 |
16-Nov-00 | 86,023 | 4,852 | 4,731 | 121 | 5.64 |
23-Nov-00 | 85,761 | 4,813 | 4,717 | 96 | 5.61 |
30-Nov-00 | 87,791 | 5,125 | 4,829 | 296 | 5.84 |
7-Dec-00 | 88,726 | 5,058 | 4,880 | 178 | 5.70 |
14-Dec-00 | 87,987 | 5,069 | 4,839 | 230 | 5.76 |
21-Dec-00 | 87,118 | 6,034 | 4,791 | 1,243 | 6.93 |
28-Dec-00 | 87,392 | 5,365 | 4,807 | 558 | 6.14 |
4-Jan-01 | 88,492 | 5,091 | 4,867 | 224 | 5.75 |
11-Jan-01 | 88,413 | 5,059 | 4,863 | 196 | 5.72 |
18-Jan-01 | 88,501 | 5,119 | 4,868 | 251 | 5.78 |
25-Jan-01 | 88,389 | 4,944 | 4,861 | 83 | 5.59 |
1-Feb-01 | 88,422 | 5,240 | 4,863 | 377 | 5.93 |
8-Feb-01 | 88,729 | 5,064 | 4,880 | 184 | 5.71 |
15-Feb-01 | 88,613 | 5,004 | 4,874 | 130 | 5.65 |
22-Feb-01 | 88,456 | 4,947 | 4,865 | 82 | 5.59 |
1-Mar-01 | 88,700 | 5,275 | 4,879 | 396 | 5.95 |
8-Mar-01 | 89,776 | 5,069 | 4,938 | 131 | 5.65 |
15-Mar-01 | 90,128 | 5,177 | 4,957 | 220 | 5.74 |
22-Mar-01 | 89,257 | 5,073 | 4,909 | 164 | 5.68 |
29-Mar-01 | 89,477 | 5,298 | 4,921 | 377 | 5.92 |
5-Apr-01 | 89,909 | 4,997 | 4,945 | 52 | 5.56 |
12-Apr-01 | 91,267 | 5,114 | 5,020 | 94 | 5.60 |
19-Apr-01 | 92,040 | 5,251 | 5,062 | 189 | 5.71 |
26-Apr-01 | 91,955 | 5,260 | 5,058 | 202 | 5.72 |
3-May-01 | 90,632 | 5,075 | 4,985 | 90 | 5.60 |
10-May-01 | 91,114 | 5,090 | 5,011 | 79 | 5.59 |
17-May-01 | 90,764 | 5,068 | 4,992 | 76 | 5.58 |
24-May-01 | 90,369 | 5,086 | 4,970 | 116 | 5.63 |
31-May-01 | 90,433 | 5,165 | 4,974 | 191 | 5.71 |
1 The deposit base is lagged by one week. | |||||