Liquidity in the banking system has eased as is evident from the decline in the borrowing of banks through Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) liquidity adjustment facility (LAF). Money market participants feel that the easing liquidity may be because the government has already started spending. On a recent day, banks borrowed Rs 10,880 crore through RBI's LAF and this is sharply lower than over Rs 100
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Bank credit to housing sector declines since FY08
The financial stability report of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shows bank credit to the housing sector declined to 9.5 percent in 2012-13 from a high 13.3 percent in 2007-08. The report notes that the decline in the growth of bank credit to the sector brought down demand. However, despite this, house prices in some metropolitan cities have witnessed significant increases in the recent past, the report notes
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RBI to use all tools to reduce currency volatility
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D Subbarao informed reporters that the central bank does not have any target for rupee level but will use all the instruments it has to reduce volatility. The Indian rupee depreciated against the dollar sharply to over Rs 60 recently
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BofA-ML expects no rate cut from RBI until rupee stabilises
In its recent report, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA-ML) opined that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may not reduce policy repo rate until the volatility in the currency market subsides. According to the brokerage, the central bank may prefer to reduce Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 25 basis points on July 30 instead of cutting policy rates if the Indian currency remains
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RBI sells bonds worth Rs 140 bn in recent auction
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) sold Rs 140 billion worth bonds of various tenure on behalf of government. The central bank sold 2020 bond, 2025 bond, 2032 bond and 2035 bond through a recent auction. The central bank set a cut-off price of Rs 104.22, yielding 7.6598 percent for the 8.20 percent 2025 bond. For the 8.12 per cent, 2020 bond, the RBI set a cut-off price
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RBI panel calls for separation of business segments
A draft report of a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) panel suggested banks to separate the business segments of wealth management and and investment advisory services by creating a subsidiary. Further, the report, released recently, suggested that RBI must approve the creation of subsidiaries for this purpose. Such subsidiaries must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the report says
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RBI gets 26 applications for bank license
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is learnt to have received 26 applications for banking license from corporates, non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), microfinance institutions (MFIs) and other players. The country's leading corporates like Tata Sons, Aditya Birla Nuvo , L&T Finance Holdings, a unit of engineering major Larsen & Toubro Ltd are among the aspirants for new bank license, a statement by the RBI show
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RBI includes 3 more sectors in infra category
Slurry pipelines and capital dredging projects would be eligible for concessional loan from banks as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) brought these sectors under the ambit of infrastructure lending. Besides the above sectors, the central bank also brought telecom and telecommunications services under the infrastructure ambit. This will make loans cheaper to companies in these sectors.
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Banks will get conservative in lending to infrastructure
Infrastructure developers won't really complain about the process of funding for their projects. Their problems remain getting the projects cleared for takeoff. BA Prabhakar, Chairman and Managing Director, Andhra Bank, speaking with Sumantra Das, explains the recent uncertainties and opportunities in infrastructure lending.
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RBI keeps CRR unchanged
A resolute Reserve Bank of India (RBI) refrained from reducing policy repo rate in its mid-quarter review of monetary policy on 17 June 2013 citing the persistently high food inflation even though general inflation has declined.