The auction of Bangladesh Bank repo, liquidity support facility, standing lending facility for the commercial banks and financial institutions and Islamic Banks Liquidity Facility (IBLF) for shari'ah based banks was held on Thursday, 28 December 2023.

In that auction, 01 bank submitted 02 bids amounting to Taka 403.08 crore overnight repo facility for 03 days (holidays), 17 banks and 02 financial institutions submitted 125 bids amounting to Taka 8,117.83 crore for 07 days tenor repo facility, 13 PD banks submitted 58 bids amounting to taka 7,735.90 crore for 01 day tenor liquidity support facility, 01 bank submitted 01 bid amounting to Taka 212.00 crore for 01 day tenor standing lending facility and 02 banks submitted 02 bids amounting to Taka 750.00 crore for 14 days tenor Islamic Banks liquidity facility. All bids were accepted by the auction committee. Accordingly, a total amount of Taka 17,218.81 crore was provided under repo, liquidity support facility, standing lending facility and IBLF. The interest rates of the above-mentioned overnight & 07 days tenor repo, liquidity support facility and standing lending facility were 7.75, 7.85, 7.75 and 9.75 percent per annum, respectively and the range of Expected Profit Rate (EPR) for 14 days tenor Islamic Banks Liquidity Facility was 6.75-8.00 percent.

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Mugib Ahmed Raju

Officer

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