RBI moves to contain inflation without hurting growth
Aiming to tackle inflationary pressures, the Reserve Bank on Tuesday increased a key statutory deposit ratio for banks by one percentage point to 25 per cent but the move is not expected to push interest rates up.
Barring the hike in Statutory Liquidity Ratio, the deposits that commercial banks are to park in government securities, the central bank left other key policy rates and ratios unchanged. ( Watch )
Although the one percentage point hike in SLR could suck up over Rs 30,000 crore from the system, the average SLR of banks is already at 27.6 per cent.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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