Weekly Bulletin on Banking Operations (April 13 - 17, 2020)
1. Forex market and exchange rates:
The buying and selling exchange rates quoted on the commercial banks’ websites (at the end of the days) were relatively stable. During the first days of the week, the buying and selling exchange rates fluctuated between VND 23,350/23,530 per USD and VND 23,370/23,550 per USD; then decreased to VND 23,330/23,510 against the USD on Friday (April 17), down by VND 20 per USD for both buying and selling rates as compared to the last day of the previous week (April 10, 2020).
2. Mobilization and lending interest rates:
2.1. Mobilization interest rates:
- The mobilization interest rates in VND: The common rates were between 0.1% p.a – 0.5% p.a for demand and below 1-month term deposits, 4.3% p.a – 4.75% p.a for 1-month to below 6-month terms, 5.3% p.a – 6.8% p.a for 6-month to below 12-month terms, and 6.6% – 7.4% p.a for 12-month plus terms.
- The mobilization interest rates in USD: The common mobilization interest rate in USD was 0% p.a for both individuals’ and institutions’ deposits.
2.2. Lending rates:
- The lending interest rates in VND: The common average rates were between 6.0% p.a – 9.0% p.a for short-term loans; 9.0% p.a – 11.0% p.a for medium and long-term loans. The cap for VND lending rate for short-term loans of 5.5% p.a was applied to a number of sectors and fields.
- The lending interest rates in USD: The common rates were between 3.0% p.a – 6.0% p.a. The rates were 3.0% p.a – 4.7% p.a for short-term loans, and 4.5% p.a – 6.0% p.a for medium and long-term loans.
3. Inter-bank transaction operations:
3.1. Transactions:
According to the reports submitted by the credit institutions and the foreign bank branches, the total amount of transactions in the inter-bank market within the week reached approximately VND 249,834 billion, an average of VND 49,967 billion per day, a decrease of VND 4,490 billion per day as compared to the previous week (April 6-10, 2020); meanwhile the transaction amount in USD was equivalent to VND 120,042 billion, an average of VND 24,008 billion per day, an increase of VND 497 billion per day as compared to the previous week.
Most VND transactions were for overnight term and 1-week term, accounting for 71% and 15% of the total amount of VND transactions respectively. The transactions in USD were mostly for overnight term and 1-week term, accounting for 82% and 9% of the total amount of USD transactions respectively.
3.2. Average inter-bank interest rates:
- For transactions in VND: The average inter-bank interest rates decreased for most terms as compared to the previous week. Specifically, the average inter-bank interest rates for overnight, 1-week and 1-month terms were 1.69% p.a, 1.93% p.a and 2.94% p.a respectively.
- For transactions in USD: The average inter-bank interest rates declined for most terms as compared to the previous week. Specifically, the average inter-bank interest rates for overnight, 1-week and 1-month terms were down by 1.17 percentage points p.a, 0.79 percentage points p.a, 0.21 percentage points p.a to 0.21% p.a, 0.37% p.a and 1.01% p.a respectively.
The specific average inter-bank interest rates were as follows:
Unit: % p.a
Overnight |
1-week |
2-week |
1-month |
3-month |
6-month |
9-month |
|
VND |
1.69 |
1.93 |
2.14 |
2.94 |
3.29 |
4.88 |
5.50 |
USD |
0.21 |
0.37 |
0.49 |
1.01 |
1.25 |
2.96 |
1.65 |
Translated by Le Hang