Bangladesh Bank
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Result of the Auction of REPO and Liquidity Support Facility held on 19 October 2023

Date: 23 October, 2023
Serial: 05/2023-452


The auction of Bangladesh Bank repo and liquidity support facility for the commercial banks and financial institutions and Islamic Banks Liquidity Facility (IBLF) for shari’ah based banks was held on Thursday, 19 October 2023. In that auction, 01 bank submitted 04 bids amounting to Taka 100.26 crore as 03 days tenor repo facility. Of which, all bids amounting to Taka 80.21 crore under 03 days tenor repo were accepted by the auction committee. Again, 05 banks submitted 44 bids amounting to Taka 5,549.03 crore as 07 days tenor repo facility. Of which, all bids amounting to Taka 4,439.22 crore under 07 days tenor repo were accepted by the auction committee. Moreover, 01 bid amounting to Taka 1,290.00 crore of 01 bank were offered as for 03 days tenor standing lending facility, 55 bids amounting to Taka 5,858.51 crore of 13 PD banks were offered as for 03 days tenor Liquidity Support Facility and 03 banks submitted 03 bids amounting to Taka 850.00 crore for 14 days tenor Islamic Banks liquidity facility. All bids were accepted by the auction committee. Accordingly, a total amount of Taka 12,517.94 crore was provided under repo, standing lending facility, liquidity support facility and IBLF. The interest rates of the above-mentioned 03 and 07 days tenor repo, standing lending facility and liquidity support facility were 7.25 and 7.35, 9.25 and 7.25 percent per annum, respectively and the range of Expected Profit Rate (EPR) for 14 days tenor Islamic Banks Liquidity Facility was 6.00-7.00 percent.