Weekly Bulletin on Banking Operations (May 4-8, 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 on a downward trend, declining from VND 23,340/23,520 per USD at the start of the week to VND 23,270/23,450 against the USD on Friday (May 8); down by VND 60 per USD for both buying and selling rates as compared to the last day of the previous week (April 29, 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 – 4.5% p.a for short-term loans, and 4.2% 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 298,939 billion, an average of VND 59,788 billion per day, an increase of VND 20,304 billion per day as compared to the previous week (April 27-29, 2020); meanwhile the transaction amount in USD was equivalent to VND 137,413 billion, an average of VND 27,483 billion per day, an increase of VND 9,401 billion per day as compared to the previous week.
Most VND transactions were for overnight term and 1-week term, accounting for 66% and 17% of the total amount of VND transactions respectively. The transactions in USD were mostly for overnight term and 1-week term, accounting for 81% and 12% 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 fluctuated slightly 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 2.03% p.a, 2.2% p.a and 2.7% p.a respectively.
- For transactions in USD: The average inter-bank interest rates slightly fluctuated 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 0.16% p.a, 0.25% p.a and 0.68% 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 |
2.03 |
2.20 |
2.29 |
2.70 |
3.57 |
3.75 |
5.09 |
USD |
0.16 |
0.25 |
0.37 |
0.68 |
1.35 |
2.38 |
2.42 |
Translated by Le Hang