CONTENTS
OVERVIEW
TABLES
1. Selected Economic Indicators
2. Monetary Survey
3. Bank of Mauritius - Assets
4. Bank of Mauritius - Liabilities
5. Bank of Mauritius Assets and Liabilities as at 29 January 1999
6. Commercial Banks - Assets
7. Commercial Banks - Liabilities
8. Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks as at end December 1998
9. Sector-wise Distribution of Commercial Banks' Credit to the Private Sector
10. Sector-wise Distribution of Commercial Banks' Credit to the Private Sector as at end December 1998
11. Components and Sources of Reserve Money
12. Components and Sources of Broad Money (M2)
13. Currency in Circulation
14. Auctions of Treasury Bills
15. Bank Rate and Weighted Average Yields on Treasury Bills
16. Auctions of Treasury Bills: Maturity-wise
17. Secondary Market Activity
18. Transactions on the Interbank Money Market
19. Cash Ratio of Commercial Banks
20. Principal Interest Rates in Mauritius
21. Selected Interest Rates in Mauritius
22. Cheque Clearances
23. Maturity Pattern of Time Deposits as at end-September 1998
24. Ownership of Commercial Banks' Deposits as at end-September 1998
25. Value Range of Commercial Banks' Deposits as at end-September 1998
26. Value Range of "Loans and Advances", "Local Bills Discounted" and "Bills Receivable" as at end-September 1998
27. Transactions on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius
28. Consumer Price Index and Inflation Rate
29. Net International Reserves
30. Exchange Rate of the Rupee (End of Period)
31. Exchange Rate of the Rupee vis-à-vis Major Trading Partner Currencies
32. Transactions on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market
33. Bank of Mauritius - Intervention and Related Transactions on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market
34. Inward and Outward Remittances of Foreign Currencies
35. Exchange Rates of Selected Currencies vis-à-vis the US Dollar
36. Consolidated Assets and Liabilities of Offshore Banks
Communiqué
1. Banks and Non-bank Deposit-Taking Institutions