Central bank's MPC has cumulatively increased the repo rate by 190 bps since May
State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Monday raised the marginal cost of funds-based lending rates (MCLR) by 0.20 per cent or 20 basis points across tenors. The revision will make loans linked to MCLR benchmark costlier. The benchmark one-year MCLR will be 7.80 per cent from Monday, as against 7.60 per cent. The one-year rate is used to fix most consumer loans such as auto, personal and home loans. The overnight to six months tenor MCLRs are raised by 0.20 per cent each in the range of 7.30 to 7.70 per cent. The hike has been effected in their benchmark rate linked to the repo rate, which was increased by half a percentage point to 5.9 per cent last month by the Reserve Bank of India. Many banks led by State Bank of India (SBI) have already adjusted their lending rates after the Reserve Bank raised the benchmark interest rate to tame inflation.
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The interest rate hike comes after the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) raised the benchmark repo rate by another 50 bps to 5.40 per cent last week
Most banks have revised their external benchmark linked loan rates by 50 bps
The six-month MCLR is at 7.45 per cent; one-year MCLR is at 7.50 per cent; two-year MCLR is at 7.70 per cent; and three-year MCLR is at 7.80 per cent
The state-owned lender cut overnight and one-month MCLR by 25 bps to 6.90 per cent and 7 per cent
State-owned Bank of Baroda has raised the marginal cost of funds based lending rate by up to 0.15 per cent for select tenor of loans with effect from Tuesday. The bank has approved the revision in Marginal Cost of funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) with effect from July 12, 2022, Bank of Baroda said in a regulatory filing on Monday. The one year MCLR, the benchmark for most of consumer loans such as auto, home and personal loans, has been revised upwards to 7.65 per cent from the existing 7.50 per cent. The three-month and six-month tenor loans will have new MCLRs at 7.35 per cent and 7.45 per cent, respectively, up by 0.10 per cent each. On Monday, shares of Bank of Baroda closed 3.74 per cent up at Rs 109.55 apiece on BSE.
Private sector lender South Indian Bank has raised the marginal cost of funds based lending rates by up to 0.20 per cent across various tenors to be effective from Monday. The Marginal Cost of Funds Based Lending Rates (MCLR) applicable for multiple tenors has been revised with effect from June 20, 2022, South Indian Bank said in regulatory filing on Saturday. The benchmark one-year MCLR has been revised upwards to 8.35 per cent from 8.15 per cent earlier. The one-year MCLR is the rate against which most of the consumer loans such as auto, home and personal are decided. The three-month MCLR has also been revised up by equal measure to 7.95 per cent. The other tenor loans such as overnight, one-month and six-month have been upped by 0.15 per cent each in the range of 7.80-8.05 per cent, the bank said. Most of the banks have revised their lending rate after the Reserve Bank of India increased the benchmark key repo rate by 0.50 per cent to 4.90 per cent earlier on June 8. The repo
Shares of Bank of Baroda were trading 1.76 per cent lower at Rs 47.35 apiece on the BSE
Most of the consumer loans such as personal, auto and home were priced on the basis of the one-year MCLR prior to the introduction of repo-linked lending rate
Post the reduction, MCLR across tenors ranges from 6.85 per cent to 7.40 per cent
With this revision, SBI's MCLR upto three-months tenor comes down to 6.65 per cent per annum
Overnight and one-month lending rates have been cut by 10 basis points to 7.20 per cent each
Move will have to be matched by other lenders at a time when margins are under pressure due to extended loan moratorium and a ruling due on whether they can charge interest on the moratorium after all
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