Credit growth picks up rapid pace from September, jumps by Rs 1.08 lakh crore: SBI Research

14 Nov 2019 Evaluate

State Bank of India’s (SBI) Economic Research Department in its Ecowrap report has said that credit growth picked up rapid pace beginning September 2019 - jumping by Rs 1.08 lakh crore - mainly helped by housing, NBFC and lately MSME. The report further said the week up to Diwali has shown an increase in currency in circulation of Rs 30,871 crore from the previous week, thereby showing that people have been demanding cash in the festive season.

It mentioned that the sectoral data for the month of September 2019, indicates that for the first time in current fiscal credit to industry turned positive and jumped by Rs 9,700 crore, of which Rs 8,200 crore is attributable to MSME sector. The report highlighted, in September, the jump in retail credit at Rs 51,900 crore was nearly double that of August, of which housing loans jumped by 2.6 times.

Bank lending to NBFC sector has remained robust and the YTD growth of such is highest across all segments at 11.3 per cent. Besides, it said ‘we are less hopeful of a growth pick up in second quarter 2019-20. Out of 26 indicators, only 5 indicators were showing acceleration in September. This indicates the extend of demand slowdown in the economy is still significant and would take longer time to recover.’

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