The one-year marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) would come down to 8.05% from 8.15% from October 10
Bank official hints at another round of rate cuts following low credit offtake
The inherent belief of the powers-that-be appears to be that a new home loan is the only way to provide a fillip to economic activity
For women borrowers, there is an extra 5 bps discount in each category of loans
RBI will issue necessary instructions in this regard by the end of next week
Further softening of interest rates linked to deposit rate cuts, credit uptick
Banks can add a spread component over and above the MCLR, depending on a customer's risk profile, limiting the transmission
Bankers admit cost of funds has come down by 50-60 bps but transmission hasn't been more than 20-30 bps
Private sector lender HDFC Bank has reduced its marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) - the benchmark to price loans - by five basis points for one-month bucket to 8.95 per cent and 9.25 per cent for the two-year bucket.Public sector lender Bank of Baroda hiked MCLR for one year by 10 basis points to 9.4 per cent.
Bankers say they are able to play on risk premium and offer differential pricing to customers under MCLR
Elevated provisioning for bad loans and a slow pick-up in credit demand are larger concerns