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Continued liquidity crisis by NBFCs likely to hit economic growth: Moody’s

16 Oct 2018 Evaluate

Expressing concerns over economic growth, global rating agency Moody’s Investors Service in its latest report has stated that non-bank financial companies (NBFCs) are likely to be impacted significantly if the liquidity situation in the country's capital markets, triggered by Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) default, continues to remain tight. Also, this will be negative for the broader economy and structured finance sector. Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) and its subsidiaries are facing liquidity crisis and has defaulted on debt repayment. The default by IL&FS has also impacted other NBFCs and also mutual fund players.

According to the report, liquidity tightness could lead to sharply higher financing costs for Non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs), or even difficulty in rolling over their liabilities, because these companies have relied heavily on market borrowing to fund asset growth. Any effects on the NBFIs will spill over to the broader economy mainly through the credit channel because NBFIs are a material provider of credit for the economy, with outstanding loans/Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at end March 2018 registering 13% versus banking system loans/GDP of 52%.

As a result, Moody’s said a slowdown in credit growth provided by NBFIs will dampen overall consumption and economic growth. The report said NBFIs' liquidity management practices suggests that these companies are capable of coping with multi-week liquidity distress, but a prolonged period of liquidity stress will severely weaken the NBFIs' credit standings. It added that there will not be a significant impact on the credit quality of the country's structured finance sector, nor performance of asset-backed securities (ABS).

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