Overnight rates dip as government spends boost bank liquidity

Overnight rates dip as government spends boost bank liquidity

Mumbai: Overnight money market rates fell on Monday on improvement in the banking system liquidity surplus, led by month-end spending by the government, bank treasury dealers said. The weighted average call rate (WACR), which acts as the operative rate for monetary policy transmission, closed at 5.35% compared to previous close of 5.39%, while TREPS (tri-party … Read more

Liquidity adjustment facility borrowings see sharp rise with tightening liquidity, loan demand

Liquidity adjustment facility borrowings see sharp rise with tightening liquidity, loan demand

Bank borrowings from the central bank’s liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) window have climbed sharply, indicating that Mint Road has moderated the supply of money to restrain inflation. Latest data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed banks borrowed ₹73,297 crore from the central banks through different LAF windows in a drastic change from the … Read more