Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 23 -- Pressure on the money market of Bangladesh may increase further this week ahead of the calendar year closing on December 31.

Some banks have already tried to decrease their dependency on the inter-bank call money market for better balance sheet management, according to market insiders.

The volume of transaction in the call money market may fall slightly this week while fund will be moved using other windows like inter-bank repo and short notice deposit (SND).

The weighted average rate (WAR) on inter-bank repo rose to 5.69 per cent on Thursday from 4.67 per cent on Tuesday.

However, the WAR on call money rose to 4.98 per cent on Thursday from 3.92 per cent a week ago. It was 4.61 per cent on December 27, 2...