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Business News/ Industry / Banking/  SBI, ICICI Bank, PNB beat RBI in raising lending rates
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SBI, ICICI Bank, PNB beat RBI in raising lending rates

The Reserve Bank of India is expected to maintain status quo at the 6 June monetary policy meeting

RBI is expected to keep repo rate unchanged for a fifth straight monetary policy meeting on Wednesday. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/MintPremium
RBI is expected to keep repo rate unchanged for a fifth straight monetary policy meeting on Wednesday. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

Mumbai:Indian lenders are raising interest rates even before any RBI action as the strongest loan demand in four years amid weak deposit growth pressures funding costs.

State Bank of India, ICICI Bank Ltd and Punjab National Bank are among the nation’s biggest banks that increased their benchmark lending rates last week. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on the other hand, is expected to keep its key rate unchanged for a fifth straight meeting when it decides on policy Wednesday.

Higher borrowing costs risk slowing the recent recovery in demand for credit, which was led by retail and working capital loans, said Karthik Srinivasan, group head of financial sector ratings at ICRA Ltd, the local unit of Moody’s Investors Service. Moody’s cut India’s 2018 economic growth forecast last week, citing tighter financial conditions as a reason.

RBI will hold its repo rate at 6% this week, according to 25 of 33 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The rest see an increase to 6.25%. Accelerating inflation is forcing commercial banks to offer higher deposit rates and lure savers even though the central bank—wary of upsetting the economic recovery after a new tax was implemented—has chosen to hold off.

RBI is expected to tighten only next quarter, the time of year when Indian companies typically increase borrowing as the government wraps up the bulk of its debt target.

Moody’s estimates that India’s gross domestic product will grow 7.3% this year instead of the 7.5% previously predicted.

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Published: 04 Jun 2018, 03:35 PM IST
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