DUSHANBE, October 24, 2011, Asia-Plus — Deposits for a total amount of more than 4 million somoni (equivalent to some 845 million U.S. dollars) are now kept at banks in Tajikistan, according to the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT).
The source at Tajik central bank says, “Current volumes of the local currency deposits are now 1.44 billion somoni and the foreign currency deposits are estimated at 2.63 billion somoni.”
According to him, legal entities constitute 49.2 percent (totaling 2 billion somoni) of depositors and physical entities constitute 50.8 percent (totaling 2.1 billion somoni).
Weighted average interest rate for the local currency deposits is now 15.75 percent and weighted average interest rate for the foreign currency deposits is now 15.75 percent, the source added.
