MUSCAT: Private deposits at commercial banks in the Sultanate as at the end of March 2017 rose by 4.6 per cent to RO 12,571.2 million compared to RO 12,018.5 million in the corresponding period last year, according to a monthly statistical bulletin published by the Central Bank of Oman (CBO).
The gross value for these deposits as of the end of March 2017 includes the time deposits that stood at RO 3,881.9 million, savings deposits of RO 4,621.4 million and demand deposits of RO 3,745.4 million.
The bulletin pointed out that the total value for these deposits include RO 11,657.1 million and RO 914 million in foreign currencies.
As for the banking indicators for the commercial banks as at the end of March 2017, the bulletin said that the broad money and clearance to the deposits in riyals was 10.4 per cent. The combined money and clearance to the gross deposits was 9.3 per cent. The total percentage of loans to the deposits was 103.7 per cent.
The rate of foreign currency deposits to the total deposits was 10.6 per cent. The rate of foreign assets to the total loans was 13.7 per cent. The rate of foreign assets to the total assets was 9.6 per cent. The foreign liabilities to the total liabilities was 10.4 per cent.
The on-demand deposits to the total private deposits was 29.6 per cent. The capital and reserves to the total deposits was 21 per cent. The rate of allocations and the retained interests to the total credit was 3.4 per cent. — ONA
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