Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Banks' CRR cut demand gets government support

...........Interestingly, SBI’s demand for CRR cut was also supported by the government, owner of the public sector banks. “Banks are saying the best way is to cut CRR. This is also appropriate from the point of view of Basel-III. Banks can pass on the benefits to customers. As owner of public sector banks we can say banks would welcome a one percentage point cut in CRR, but ultimately the decision will be taken by the Reserve Bank of India. Unless interest rates are lower, there is difficulty in having higher growth rate. Today higher interest rate is feeding into inflation,” Financial Services Secretary D K Mittal said.................

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