India Business News: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to phase out the Incremental Cash Reserve Ratio (I-CRR), which was implemented to absorb excess liquidity
"The impact of incremental CRR differs from one institution to another. The large banks may not have significant impact because most of us, the top five-six banks have adequate liquidity in their books but it has indeed taken away some of the liquidity which was available. Also, September is a month of advance corporate tax payments. There will be some pressure on the liquidity and hopefully, RBI will be taking a positive view when they review on the 8th of this month to relax the ICRR."
The RBI may not increase the repo rate as it ascertains the durability of high food prices while seeing the impact of previous rate hikes work their way through the economy, which faces threats from a weak external environment. The central bank can, however, bolster transmission of its policy actions and prevent borrowing costs from turning cheaper by keeping a tight leash on banking system liquidity.
In his latest monetary policy statement, governor Shaktikanta Das imposed a temporary incremental cash reserve ratio (I-CRR) of 10% on incremental deposits received between 19th May and 28th July 2023 given the surge in surplus liquidity in the system. The I-CRR would be reviewed on 8th Sep23
The RBI may not increase the repo rate as it ascertains the durability of high food prices while seeing the impact of previous rate hikes work their way through the economy, which faces threats from a weak external environment. The central bank can, however, bolster transmission of its policy actions and prevent borrowing costs from turning cheaper by keeping a tight leash on banking system liquidity.