Monday, November 21, 2016

Banks lending, deposit rates slightly up

ONLINE REPORTER
THE Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has said interest rates on bank loans and deposits were somewhat mixed in September in terms of movement from the preceding month.

The central bank’s monthly economic review releases recently shows that time deposit rate on all deposit maturities increased to 9.02 per cent from 8.78 per cent in August 2016. However, the rate despite going up in September was lower than 9.07 percent registered in September 2015.
On the other hand, lending rates on various loan maturities averaged at 15.83 per cent, slightly higher than the preceding month level, but lower compared with that of September 2015 by 35 basis points.

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