Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Liquidity situation of banks continues to be under stress as total liquid assets in Bangladesh's banking system declined 5.92 per cent in October compared to June 2022 position.

According to the monthly update for November on the country's major economic indicators, released Wednesday by Bangladesh Bank, the total liquid assets stood down at Tk 4.15 trillion in October but the figure was significantly higher at Tk 4.41 trillion as of June 2022.

The minimum required liquid assets of the scheduled banks at the end of October were Tk 2.45 trillion. It means the volume of excess liquidity in banks plummeted to Tk 1.69 trillion from almost Tk 2.0 trillion recorded in June last, the data show.

At the same time, total liquid...