Bank credit growth steady at 12.18% as on 02 August 2019

Deposits rises 10.08% as on 02 August 2019

The Scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) credit growth was steady at 12.18% YoY to Rs 97295.0 billion as on 02 August 2019, compared with 12.18% growth a fortnight ago. The credit growth has decelerated from 14.17% at end August 2018.

Non-food credit, accounting for 99.36% of the share of the total credit, recorded a growth of 12.10%, YoY, at Rs 96667.5 billion as on 02 August 2019 as against a rise of 12.07% fortnight ago and 14.24% rise a year ago.

The overall credit-deposit ratio was flat on sequential basis at 76.34% as on 02 August 2019 from 76.35% a fortnight ago, while rose from 75.39% in August 2018 with the faster growth in loans.

Aggregate deposits growth of the scheduled banks increased 10.08% YoY at Rs 127445.5 billion as on 02 August 2019, compared with 10.61% growth a fortnight ago and 9.94% rise a year ago. The time deposits showed an increase of 10.13% at Rs 114204.9 billion, while the demand deposits increased at slower pace of 9.72% to Rs 13240.6 billion as on 02 August 2019.

The banks investment in government and other approved securities that qualify for treatment of statutory liquidity ratio rose 1.64% YoY to Rs 35534.39 billion as on 02 August 2019, showing improvement in growth from 0.7% increase a fortnight ago. The banks investment had increased 6.5% in August 2018. The investment-deposit ratio rose on sequential basis to 27.9% as on 02 August 2019, and remains much higher above the Statutory Liquidity Ratio of 18.75%.

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