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Excess liquidity hits Tk408,000cr despite low private credit growth

Deposits across Bangladesh’s banking sector continue to expand rapidly, yet corporate investment and industrial borrowing remain severely muted. Driven by enterprise hesitation toward new factory expansion and heightened risk aversion among commercial lenders, total excess liquidity in the banking system crossed the Tk4.08 trillion ($34+ billion) mark for the first time at the end of... Details

Excess liquidity hits Tk408,000cr despite low private credit growth

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