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Bank credit growth hits three-year high of 13.1%, shows RBI data

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3 min read Last Updated : Jun 18 2022 | 12:07 AM IST

Bank credit grew 13.1 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in the fortnight ended June 3, the highest in the past three years, the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shows. Growth in bank credit in the previous year was 5.7 per cent.

At an event on Friday, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said: “We are seeing reasonably satisfactory credit offtake happening. It is about 12 per cent YoY, according to the latest data. Last year, around this time, credit growth was 5-6 per cent.”

In the fortnight concerned, banks extended incremental credit of Rs 1.02 trillion,

Topics : Bank credit RBI

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