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Summary of Contents
SHAREKHAN SPECIAL
SLR flexibility to be
RBI's new tool
The Union
Cabinet on January 11, 2007 approved the promulgation of an
ordinance to amend the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) for banks to
ensure greater credit flow to the industry. To achieve this, the
government intends to empower the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set
lower SLR floors from the existing 25% on the net demand and time
liabilities ie deposits.
The average yield on the advances for public sector
undertaking (PSU) banks is above 9% after the prime lending rate
(PLR) hike while the current yield on investments is in the range of
7.2-7.5%. For private banks the average yield on the advances is in
the vicinity of 10% while the average yield on investments is below
7%. This provides a significant opportunity for the banks in the
longer term to improve their earnings based on a small realignment
of their balance sheet composition as we don't expect the RBI to cut
the SLR at this point of
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