Page 4 - Cash Reserve Ratio

RBI to restore cash reserve ratio in 2 phases to 4% over improved liquidity

The CRR is the percentage of the total deposit that banks have to mandatorily park with the apex bank

Sebi directs open-ended debt MFs to maintain 10% liquidity buffer

Cash, government securities, treasury-bills and repo on government securities qualify as 'liquid assets'

RBI considers standing deposit facility to manage extra liquidity

No firm decision has been reached on this, said sources. The SDF, when introduced, will become the lower bound of the corridor for the liquidity management window.

Investors shoudn't drop their guard, it's not the time to take credit risks

RBI action has averted duration risk, but defaults could mar debt fund returns

Covid-19 relief: RBI cuts repo 75 bps; defers term-loan EMIs for 3 months

Repo down to 4.4%; reverse repo reduced by 90 basis to 4%; CRR lowered by a percentage point to 3%; inflation and growth forecast not given as they would depend on the extent of the coronavirus crisis

A quick look at RBI's measures to arrest Covid-19 slowdown

The RBI has reduced the repo rate by 75 basis points (bps) to 4.4 per cent, and the reverse repo rate by 90 bps which now stands at 4 per cent

RBI pulled out its bazooka to tackle Covid-19 slowdown: Experts on rate cut

The RBI said it was maintaining its "accommodative" stance, and would keep its position "as long as necessary" to revive growth, while ensuring inflation remained within target

Highlights: RBI reduces repo rate by 75 bps to 4.4%; slashes CRR by 100 bps

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to reduce the reverse repo rate by 90 basis points (bps) to 4 per cent, and cash reserve ratio by 100 bps to 3 per cent

CRR-exempt loans: Deduction only on incremental lending, clarifies RBI

In its bid to boost retail credit flow, the RBI on February 6 announced that incremental loans towards automobile purchases, residential housing and loans to MSMEs will be set against the mandatory ca

RBI receives Rs 1.23-trn bid for Rs 25,000-cr long-term repo operations

In the auction for three-year maturity liquidity operations made last week, the RBI had received bids worth Rs 1.94 trillion for Rs 25,000 crore on offer.

RBI policy: Repo rate unchanged at 5.15%; FY21 GDP growth projected at 6%

The committee voted 6-0 in favour of the status quo on the interest rates.

Letter to BS: Time has come to review CRR as credit control instrument

The central bank has long abjured the practice of using either CRR or bank rate as an instrument of intervention.

Neither affordable nor relevant

Is it time to review the need to maintain CRR funds with the central bank?

After RBI's CRR spanner, banks can't cut lending rates as much as expected

Scrambling to manage liquidity, lenders want compensation to tide over the crisis