PSU banks vs private bank stocks: Nomura analysts give 4 reasons to rotate your moneyAfter strong outperformance by PSU banks over the past year, Nomura turns cautious and prefers a shift to private banks, citing better risk...
09 Apr, 2026, 12.08 PM IST
Rs 61,000 crore FII sell-off hits bank stocks. Cheap enough for you to buy now?Foreign investors divested a massive Rs 60,655 crore from Indian bank stocks in March, a significant portion of their total equity withdraw...
07 Apr, 2026, 01.39 PM IST
Dovish stance, SLR cut fire up bank stocksFund managers and analysts said the SLR cut would boost liquidity.
08 Jun, 2017, 09.32 AM IST
RBI allows banks to bring down SLR to 20.50 pc by March 2017The Reserve Bank today permitted banks to bring down the statutory liquidity ratio securities under held-to-maturity category by 1.25 per c...
10 Dec, 2015, 11.00 PM IST
RBI policy is a thumbs up for bank, IT and pharma sectors: Anand RathiThe 50 bps cut in SLR is largely inconsequential right now with banks, in aggregate holding excess SLR to the tune of 500 bps over the stat...
03 Feb, 2015, 03.58 PM IST
SLR cut part of RBI's attempts to do away with statutory pre-emptionsThe RBI lowered the SLR from 22.5% of deposits to 22% on Tuesday during its third bimonthly monetary policy for FY’15.
06 Aug, 2014, 04.07 PM IST
SLR cut could be negative for bond markets: Samiran Chakraborty, StanChart Bank"The combination of a hawkish tone, SLR cut and HTM cut would mean that bond yields would probably move upwards," says Samiran Chakraborty.
05 Aug, 2014, 05.54 PM IST
SLR cut is a planning for the future, says RBI governor Raghuram RajanGovernor Rajan said that reduction in SLR might not spur credit growth immediately but it would enable banks to meet credit demand.
05 Aug, 2014, 05.11 PM IST
SLR cut a positive step from growth perspective: Rakesh Sethi, Union Bank of India"Last time also there was a 0.5% reduction in SLR, like this time. So, it is giving indications that funds are available to industry."
05 Aug, 2014, 04.54 PM IST
SLR cut won’t make much difference to banks’ lending ability: Krishna Kumar, SBI"This is because of the fact that the system is really flushed with liquidity at the moment," says Krishna Kumar of the State Bank of India.
05 Aug, 2014, 12.47 PM IST
- Dollar forward sales may have prompted SLR cut
RBI move may have been triggered by its expectation of liquidity pressure that could arise from a possible strain on rupee, say analysts.
03 Aug, 2012, 11.01 AM IST
- Banks won't reduce rates despite a cut in Statutory Liquidity Ratio by RBI
Banks will not cut their lending and deposit rates following a 1% cut in the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) by Reserve Bank of India on Tu...
01 Aug, 2012, 06.57 AM IST
RBI monetary policy: SBI expects retail lending costs to come down after SLR cutSBI expects retail lending costs to come down after the central bank cut the minimum requirement for banks' government bond holdings.
31 Jul, 2012, 03.18 PM IST
Banks may not cut rates due to SLR cutBanks will not cut their lending and deposit rates following a 1% cut in the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) by Reserve Bank of India.
31 Jul, 2012, 02.12 PM IST
RBI cuts Statutory Liquidity Ratio by 1 per cent: Analysts mixed on likely impactThe RBI's move to cut the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) by a percentage point from 24% to 23% has met with a mixed response from analysts.
31 Jul, 2012, 01.08 PM IST
- SLR likely to be lowered by year-end
Banks may need to invest only Rs 20,000 crore against Rs 1,22,500 crore with 25% norm.
26 Apr, 2007, 02.20 AM IST
- Bankers welcome SLR cut move
The government’s intentions to reduce the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) for banks from the current 25% has been welcomed by bankers.
13 Jan, 2007, 03.06 AM IST