Ownership of Commercial Banks' Deposits as at end-September 1998

Table 25 : Ownership of Commercial Banks' Deposits as at end-September 1998          
           
           
Sectors DEMAND DEPOSITS 1 TIME DEPOSITS  
  Number of Amount Number of Amount  
  Accounts (Rs ' 000) Accounts (Rs' 000)  
           
1. Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry & Fishing 1,309 274,235 216 125,729  
of which :          
(a) Sugar 639 187,559 124 77,479  
(b) Others 670 86,676 92 48,250  
           
2. Manufacturing 2,605 458,439 467 532,146  
           
3. Financial, Insurance, Business Services and Stockbrokers 1,494 771,628 702 1,429,603  
           
4. Construction 513 209,114 46 28,971  
           
5. Wholesale, Retail Trade, Restaurants and Hotels 9,440 1,167,909 1,196 603,775  
           
6. Personal and Professional 46,285 1,478,842 98,004 20,613,105  
of which :          
(a) Residents 44,306 1,375,814 96,166 19,766,399  
(b) Non - Residents 1,979 103,028 1,838 846,706  
           
7. Transport, Storage and Communication 615 196,433 46 81,790  
           
8. Statutory and Parastatal Bodies 163 339,864 152 675,283  
           
9. Central Government 79 420,816 1 60  
           
10. Local Government 93 64,885 138 375,040  
           
11. Others 7,066 734,285 1,991 1,818,461  
           
TOTAL 69,662 6,116,450 102,959 26,283,962  
           
           
Sectors   SAVINGS DEPOSITS 2  
      Number of Amount  
      Accounts (Rs ' 000)  
           
1. Personal     1,217,114 26,034,524  
           
2. Professional     4,899 269,600  
           
3. Statutory and Parastatal Bodies     1,099 324,819  
           
4. Other     10,603 2,750,638  
           
TOTAL     1,233,715 29,379,581  
           
           
Note: Figures may not add up due to rounding.          
1: Includes Government demand deposits and demand deposits of OBUs.          
2: Excludes margin deposits          
           

Last Updated on 22/02/99
By B.O.M