EghtesadOnline: From the beginning of fiscal 2018-19 up until September, the loan-to-deposit ratio has been of the descending order indicating that banks are exercising extra caution when it comes to lending.

EghtesadOnline: Apparently influenced by bearish trends in the local currency market, gold prices too are of the descending order in Tehran at a time when the precious metal is shining in the global market.

EghtesadOnline: Average liquidity growth dropped from 26.7% during 1988 to 2012 to 23.7 % between 2014-2018, said the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iran.

EghtesadOnline: Following the recent decline in foreign currency rates, the price of goods which leaped (thanks to earlier exchange rate rises) over the past several months is expected to fall again, says Mohammad-Reza Pour-Ebrahimi, the chairman of Majlis Economic Affairs Commission.