Liquidity Management by RBI with a new tool
(This post explains about RBI’s new tool to enhance liquidity in the system) Liquidity management is an important aspect of monetary policy implementation. According to the IMF, funding liquidity is the ability lending agency agrees payment with immediacy. The attendant impact on liquidity conditions may necessitate durable liquidity absorption/injection operations by the Central Bank (Reserve…
Read article RBI – Central Banking Glossary: Capital Funds
Economic capital: There are three types of capital viz. Regulatory capital, Book capital and Economic capital. Regulatory capital is the amount of capital a bank is required to hold as per the stipulations prescribed by the banking regulator of the country. Book Capital is the actual capital that the bank has, which includes equity capital,…
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What is Taylor rule?
The Taylor rule was first proposed by economist John B. Taylor in 1993 to provide guidance to the U.S. Federal Reserve* and other central banks for setting short-term interest rates based on economic conditions. John Taylor proposes how Central Banks should alter interest rates in response to changes in economic conditions mainly inflation and economic…
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New rules for setting up Currency Chest
RBI on 08.04.2019 notified new minimum standard for setting up new currency chests as per recommendations of Currency Movement Committee. The Currency Movement Committee headed by Shri. D. K. Mohanty had recommended Reserve Bank that it should encourage banks to open large Currency Chests (CCs) with modern facilities and Chest Balance Limit (CBL) of at…
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RBI’s disclaimer note on merger of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) and Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited (IBHFL)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its press release announced that it has learnt merger of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) and Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited (IBHFL)through media. As per media news above entities have made a merger announcement on April 5, 2019 with approval of their respective Boards. RBI’s disclaimer said that a section of…
RBI reduces Repo rate by 25 basis points
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today (April 4, 2019)announced its first Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Rates for 2019-20 in Mumbai. The Monitory Policy Committee (MPC) of Reserve Bank of India On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation at its meeting decided to reduce the policy repo rate under the…
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