| BANKING INDICATORS |
Unit |
Mar-06 |
Mar-07 |
Mar-08 |
Mar-09 |
Mar-10 |
| Commercial Banks* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Assets |
Rs m |
474,631 |
598,259 |
693,576 |
762,775 |
776,590 |
| o/w external assets |
Rs m |
275,547 |
380,663 |
427,927 |
461,151 |
462,799 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Deposits |
Rs m |
338,002 |
428,591 |
502,581 |
556,797 |
586,224 |
| o/w deposits in
local currency |
Rs m |
132,683 |
144,979 |
168,589 |
190,263 |
209,376 |
| o/w demand |
Rs m |
13,167 |
16,344 |
20,238 |
22,124 |
27,442 |
| o/w savings |
Rs m |
69,880 |
73,182 |
84,562 |
97,664 |
109,195 |
| o/w time |
Rs m |
49,636 |
55,452 |
63,789 |
70,475 |
72,739 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Loans
(incl. Fixed dated sec.) |
Rs m |
210,020 |
280,045 |
334,742 |
409,214 |
427,247 |
| o/w loans in local currency |
Rs m |
109,374 |
128,995 |
126,918 |
153,328 |
205,766 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Loans/Deposits Ratio |
% |
62.1 |
65.3 |
66.6 |
73.5 |
72.9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Financial Intermediation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Deposits/GDP at market prices |
% |
182.4 |
207.7 |
213.2 |
210.2 |
213.3 |
| Loans/GDP at market prices |
% |
113.3 |
135.7 |
142.0 |
154.5 |
155.5 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bank of Mauritius |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Assets |
Rs m |
47,570 |
53,879 |
58,077 |
60,231 |
70,513 |
| o/w External Assets |
Rs m |
41,421 |
47,338 |
54,006 |
57,057 |
67,413 |
| Maintenance of Cash Ratio by Commercial Banks** |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Average Cash Ratio |
% total deposits |
5.1 |
4.5 |
5.2 |
5.5 |
6.4 |
| Minimum Cash Ratio requirement |
% total deposits |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
| Interest rates - Bank of Mauritius |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lombard rate |
% |
11.50 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Repo rate |
|
- |
8.50 |
8.50 |
5.75 |
5.75 |
| Average bank rate |
% |
7.52 |
12.11 |
7.60 |
6.31 |
4.31 |
| Interest rates - Commercial Banks |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Weighted average interbank rate |
% |
3.83 |
8.31 |
7.48 |
5.77 |
3.88 |
| Prime lending rate |
% |
9.20-10.25 |
10.70-11.75 |
10.65-11.75 |
8.05-10.00 |
8.05-9.00 |
| Weighted average lending rate |
% |
11.48 |
12.31 |
12.46 |
10.54 |
9.99 |
| Savings rate |
% |
5.70-6.27 |
7.20-7.60 |
7.00-7.75 |
4.00-5.75 |
4.00-4.75 |
Source
*As from 2006, figures for the Banking Sector include both former Category 1 and Category 2 banks and as such are not comparable to statistics in the prior period. ** The maintenance period for cash reserve ratio requirement has been lengthened from 1 week to 2 weeks as from January 2007.
Last updated June 2010 |
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