Dollar shortage may hit companies with overseas currency borrowingsReflecting the increase in risk aversion and impact of monetary tightening, corporate bond spreads in the US and in emerging markets have w...
Bad loans of banks expected to decline further to 5.3% by March 2023: RBI report"Under the assumption of no further regulatory reliefs as well as without taking the potential impact of stressed asset purchases by NARCL ...
Some UCBs fail in stress tests even in baseline: RBI's FSRStress tests were conducted on a select set of UCBs to assess credit risk (default risk and concentration risk), market risk (interest rate...
Signs of stress in short-term dollar funding: RBI report“With the announcement of sanctions, the Forward Rate Agreement – Overnight Indexed Swap spread – a measure of how expensive or cheap it wi...
Emerging signs of stress in MSME sector, bad loans on the rise: RBIThe FSR report added that the MSME portfolio of both PSU and private banks indicate accumulation in NPA and SMA-2 categories in September 2...
Second wave dented recovery, but eco activity up now: RBIThe second wave of the pandemic has dented recovery, but with Covid cases abating rapidly, economic activity has improved since May-end, RB...
Banks’ capital buffer resilient to face future shocks: Shaktikanta DasThe RBI Financial Stability Report showed a more benign increase in bad loans at scheduled commercial banks in the country.
Disconnect between real economy and financial markets only getting worseThe regulator also said that while the active intervention by central banks and fiscal authorities has been able to stabilise financial mar...
RBI's financial stability report curiously silent on banking frauds this timeSince Shaktikanta Das took over as governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in December 2018, all issues of FSR, one of the key publications...
Banking industry a "target of choice" for cyber attacks during Covid-19: RBIThe banking industry has emerged as the choice target for cybercriminals during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the number of cyberattack incid...
Housing Finance Companies' share in realty loans doubles since 2016: RBIHousing finance companies (HFCs) have doubled their share in builder loans to 23.81 per cent by June this year, compared with 12.17 per cen...
Debt paper downgrade of listed companies surgesThere’s a spike in share of downgraded/suspended companies in Q3 & Q4 of FY19
NPA level of banks on the decline: RBI Governor Shaktikanta DasBad loans of public sector banks (PSBs) declining by over Rs 23,000 crore from a peak of Rs 9.62 lakh crore in March 2018.
RBI should step up communication on financial stability issues: Financial Stability BoardEnhanced public communication on macroprudential policies can also introduce more accountability and educate the public on financial stabil...
Takeaways from RBI's stress test: Banks very close to tipping pointRBI and Rajan have had a lot to say about the crisis in the Indian banking sector, its impact on shareholders and the broader market. Here ...
RBI report says indebted firms constraining bank lendingThe ability of India's debt-burdened firms to repay their debts has worsened as leverage has increased, straining a banking sector burdened...
Boost real growth to get financial stabilityThe RBI's FSR makes for sober reading. While things are stable right now, they could go seriously wrong, without systemic improvement.