RBI's stress test results show banks' gross non-performing assets to rise: Moody's

30 Jul 2020 Evaluate
Credit rating agency, Moody's Investors Service in its latest report has said that the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) recent financial stability report and results of banking system stress tests show that banks' gross non-performing assets will rise meaningfully under all four stress test scenarios with their common equity tier one ratio declining by one to two percentage points. 

However, the agency noted that most banks' capital ratios will remain above the regulatory minimum, a credit positive that reflects the banks' balance sheets' resilience to the stress of the coronavirus-induced economic downturn as well as government infusions of capital to-rated public-sector over the past two years.

On the economic growth front, Moody's noted that the assumption of a sharp contraction in GDP growth reflects India's nationwide lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic and uneven pickup in economic activity after the lockdown lifts. The lockdown began in mid-March and remains in effect.

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