On rate transmission by banks, Kumar said when interest rate moves downwards then everybody starts talking and when it goes upwards nobody talks about it
Granular deposits, which are current and savings deposits and retail term deposits, accounted for 48 per cent of total deposits in FY19
With this reduction, the one year MCLR, to which most of its loan prices are linked, will come down to 8 per cent
The SBI has cut deposit rates by 5-75 basis points across tenures. Shorter-tenure deposits have seen a higher quantum of cut than longer deposits
SBI has not announced the linking of lending rates of longer-term loans for businesses and retail customers of home loans, personal loans, auto loans, etc. to make these true floating rates
With the reduction in statutory liquidity ratio and open market operation bond purchases, RBI is pushing liquidity into the system
One of the factors that led to the rate cut was huge deposit mobilisation after demonetisation
Bankers said rates are expected to reduce by up to 50 bps over the next few months
Awaits RBI's monetary policy in October