Statistics

Financial Stability Indicators

	19-Dec-24	20-Dec-24	23-Dec-24	24-Dec-24
1. Exchange Rates

Loti per US dollar	18.2540	18.3380	18.4494	18.5376
Loti per Euro	18.9748	19.0363	19.1745	19.2693
Loti per Pound	23.0224	22.9234	23.0906	23.2326
Loti per SDR	23.7068	23.7068	24.0584	24.1754

2. Interest rates (Percent per Annum)

Central Bank	Feb 2024	Mar 2024	Apr 2024	May 2024
Lombard Facility	10,93	10,78	10,59	10,93

Treasury Bills	15/05/24	29/05/24	12/06/24	26/06/24
91 days	6,88%	6,93%	6,96%	6,96%
182 days	6,76%	6,81%	6,86%	6,88%
273 days	6,74%	6,79%	6.83%	6,85%
364 days	6,76%	6,81%	6,81%	6,80%

	Feb 2024	Mar 2024	Apr 2024	May 2024
Prime lending rate	11,25	11,25	11,25	11,25
Deposit Rates
Savings rate	1,60	1,60	1,60	1,60
Call	2,65	2,65	2,65	2,65
Time deposits (12 months)	4,74	4,74	4,74	4,74

3. Monetary Aggregates (Million Maloti unless stated)
	Feb 2024	Mar 2024	Apr 2024	May 2024
Broad Money (M2)	16,887.51	17,636.19	17,225.56	17,223.67
Net Domestic Claims - Banking System	4,729.45	6,292.36	3,893.94	3,436.29
Net Claims on Government	(5,463.87)	(3,796.73)	(6,313.28)	(7,096.67)
Claims on Other Assets	10,193.33	10,089.09	10,207.22	10,532.97
Net Foreign Assets	22,775.83	21,612.64	23,978.16	23,720.41
CBL Net Foreign Assets	12,465.03	11,969.78	13,841.71	13,860.11
ODCs Net Foreign Assets	10,310.80	9,642.86	10,136.45	9,860.29