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Banking & Liquidity

Bank Deposits (Foreign Currency)

Commercial banks’ foreign-currency deposits, US dollar millions.

$4,624.1mSep 2026+0.9%on the month+9.4%on the year
12-month average4,553.9
Record high4,733.6Feb 2026
Record low1,493.8Feb 2014
Observations152since Jan 2014

Bank Deposits (Foreign Currency), Jan 2014 to Sep 2026

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020142016201820202022202420264,624.1

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MonthBank Deposits (Foreign Currency) (USD m)
Sep 20264,624.1
Aug 20264,580.7
Jul 20264,605.0
Jun 20264,660.9
May 20264,560.9
Apr 20264,573.7
Mar 20264,660.5
Feb 20264,733.6
Jan 20264,596.0
Dec 20254,395.1
Nov 20254,416.2
Oct 20254,240.4
Sep 20254,227.4
Aug 20254,194.8
Jun 20254,040.7
May 20253,734.3
Apr 20253,561.6
Mar 20253,361.5
Feb 20253,286.5
Jan 20253,400.8
Dec 20243,484.0
Nov 20243,451.9
Oct 20243,579.4
Sep 20243,590.4
Aug 20243,541.8
Jul 20243,471.3
Jun 20243,417.2
May 20243,264.6
Apr 20243,113.9
Mar 20243,130.5
Feb 20243,052.2
Jan 20242,971.7
Dec 20233,117.4
Nov 20232,872.0
Oct 20233,036.8
Sep 20233,100.9
Aug 20233,184.4
Jul 20233,113.6
Jun 20233,370.7
May 20233,312.2
Apr 20233,399.1
Mar 20233,450.0
Feb 20233,270.6
Jan 20233,310.0
Dec 20223,036.3
Nov 20223,061.0
Oct 20222,913.5
Sep 20223,116.0
Aug 20223,270.0
Jul 20223,156.0
Jun 20223,161.1
May 20223,098.7
Apr 20222,978.7
Mar 20223,007.5
Feb 20222,898.8
Jan 20222,921.1
Dec 20212,807.5
Nov 20212,925.4
Oct 20212,914.0
Sep 20212,815.7
Aug 20212,988.6
Jul 20212,969.0
Jun 20213,159.0
May 20212,911.0
Apr 20212,858.4
Mar 20212,692.9
Feb 20212,741.4
Jan 20212,638.3
Dec 20202,563.6
Nov 20202,576.6
Oct 20202,450.9
Sep 20202,554.9
Aug 20202,416.8
Jul 20202,344.2
Jun 20202,279.6
May 20202,295.8
Apr 20202,263.0
Mar 20202,381.2
Feb 20202,292.1
Jan 20202,269.2
Dec 20192,169.8
Nov 20192,225.2
Oct 20192,229.2
Sep 20192,238.6
Aug 20192,277.0
Jul 20192,283.8
Jun 20192,364.8
May 20192,396.1
Apr 20192,395.1
Mar 20192,483.8
Feb 20192,479.7
Jan 20192,407.0
Dec 20182,486.6
Nov 20182,340.5
Oct 20182,341.1
Sep 20182,440.1
Aug 20182,342.1
Jul 20182,404.8
Jun 20182,434.6
May 20182,492.4
Apr 20182,356.9
Mar 20182,410.4
Feb 20182,426.8
Jan 20182,405.2
Dec 20172,324.5
Nov 20172,251.3
Oct 20172,220.2
Sep 20172,215.8
Aug 20172,478.3
Jul 20172,087.9
Jun 20172,478.3
May 20172,575.7
Apr 20172,374.3
Mar 20172,288.3
Feb 20172,371.3
Jan 20172,273.0
Dec 20162,232.9
Nov 20162,260.5
Oct 20162,240.9
Sep 20162,313.6
Aug 20162,339.3
Jul 20162,196.5
Jun 20162,151.6
May 20162,093.1
Apr 20162,134.3
Mar 20162,126.7
Feb 20162,187.3
Jan 20162,141.2
Dec 20152,060.2
Nov 20152,242.8
Oct 20152,169.2
Sep 20151,979.8
Aug 20151,921.4
Jul 20151,828.2
Jun 20151,985.9
May 20151,850.1
Apr 20151,909.1
Mar 20151,836.5
Feb 20151,775.2
Jan 20151,775.2
Dec 20141,723.4
Nov 20141,751.7
Oct 20141,656.8
Sep 20141,731.8
Aug 20141,712.7
Jul 20141,747.1
Jun 20141,935.5
May 20141,761.9
Apr 20141,763.8
Mar 20141,649.7
Feb 20141,493.8
Jan 20141,548.9

Source: Bank of Zambia. Monthly. Gaps in the line are months with no published figure.

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Each bar is this month against the same month twelve months before — the comparison that strips out the seasonal pattern.

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