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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – The exchange rate of Bangladesh Taka (BDT) against the US dollar in the inter-bank foreign exchange market remained almost stable in early hour transactions on Wednesday.
The US dollar was quoted at BDT 80.53-BDT 80.55 unchanged from the previous level till the report was filed at 12:11 pm (local time).
“The BDT may move slowly against the US dollar in the coming days follower lower demand for the greenback in the market,” a senior treasury official of a leading commercial bank told BBN in Dhaka.
He also said the BDT also remained almost stable against the US dollar at customer level on Monday.
The average exchange rate of US dollar rose to BDT 81.5349 for bill for collection (BC) on the day from BDT 81.5305 of the previous working day, according to the statistics of the Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers Association (BAFEDA).
However, the inter-bank call money rate remained stable in the range between 3.00 per cent and 4.50 per cent on Tuesday mainly due to sufficient inflow of fund into the market.
The volume of overall transactions in the inter-bank call money market came dawn to BDT 64.48 on the day from BDT 67.14 billion of the previous working day, according to the central bank latest statistics, released on Wednesday.
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