Dhaka, April 5 -- Money outside banks balloons to Tk 2.58 trillion despite a sharp rise in deposit rates as the bets cannot stem mattress-money accumulation, compelling liquidity-hungry bankers to borrow costly funds.

Banking sources have said mattress money or currency outside banks' vaults had begun returning with depositors' shaken trust restored by bits after a previous crisis, but once again it began reversing the course.

Sources at Bangladesh Bank (BB) said the amount of deposit outflow from the banking system kept declining gradually since June 2023 through the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY'24) in a much-needed respite to the commercial lenders at a time when liquidity situation continues tightening.

But, sinc...