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Will RBI repo rate cut benefits be passed on to you by banks?
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FINANCIAL CHRONICLE   , Published : Aug 8, 2019, 12:44 pm IST | Updated : Aug 8, 2019, 12:44 pm IST

Banks reduced their weighted average lending rates on fresh rupee loans by 0.29 pc amid the current easing stage so far.

Improving transmission remains key to the success of the latest RBI rate cut. (Photo: File)
Improving transmission remains key to the success of the latest RBI rate cut. (Photo: File)

Mumbai: Repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends money to commercial banks. A repo rate cut allows banks to reduce interest rates for consumers on loans.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut key lending rates by another 35 basis points to 5.40 per cent on Wednesday. The repo rate is lowest since April 2010.

According to RBI’s statement in June stated that a 0.5 per cent cumulative cut in February and April resulted in only 0.21 per cent average reduction in fresh rupee loans. On past loans, the weighted average lending rate actually went up by 4 basis points or 0.04 per cent.

RBI pointed more positive data in Wednesday’s monetary policy statement. The transmission of policy repo rate cuts to weighted average lending rates (WALRs) on fresh rupee loans of banks has moved forward imperceptibly since the monetary policy committee’s (MPC) last meeting, it said.

Generally, banks decreased their weighted average lending rates (WALR) on fresh rupee loans by 0.29 per cent amid the current easing stage so far (February-June 2019), the statement added.

Within hours of a steeper 35 basis points reduction in the repo rates by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to 5.4 per cent in its fourth consecutive steps, the largest lender State Bank announced a 15 basis points reduction in its lending rates, effective August 10 across all tenors.

“There are few specific actions to enhance transmission of policy rates to either the credit or bond markets except for the governor’s assurance that this will happen soon. Also, there was not much clarity on whether the current liquidity situation (characterized by large surplus liquidity) is likely to persist under the new liquidity framework that is due to be announced soon," said Abheek Barua, chief economist, HDFC Bank Ltd.

Anuj Puri, chairman, ANAROCK Property Consultants Pvt. Ltd, highlighted the potential of the rate cuts to stimulate borrowing in the affordable housing segment.

“While we won’t see a significant reduction in unsold inventory, affordable housing is another matter. The segment already has various incentives and being very cost-conscious, it may see a perceptible uptick. But, it all depends on how efficiently banks transmit this rate cut to actual consumers," he said.

Improving transmission remains key to the success of the latest RBI rate cut.

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