Call rates shoot up after RBI tightens liquidity to arrest Rupee’s fall

16 Jul 2013 Evaluate

Interbank call rates shot up at 9.00/9.25% against its previous close of 7.15%/7.25% on Monday, after Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in a bid to address exchange rate volatility, lifted two interest rates and tightened liquidity.

The RBI raised the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate (rate at which banks can borrow from the RBI at an elevated rate against government securities during times of tight cash) and Bank Rate each by 200 basis points to 10.25% as against 8.25% each earlier, while limiting its lending of overnight funds to banks to Rs 75,000 crore, which means that if banks need more they will have to pay a higher interest rate of 10.25%.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 216350 crore through repo window on July 16, 2013, while banks borrowed Rs 92360 crore through repo window and parked Rs 25 crore via reverse repo window on July 15, 2013.

The overnight borrowing rates touched a high and low of 9.25% and 8.40% respectively.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was 8.84% on Tuesday and total volume stood at 11265.87 crore, so far.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 7.85% on Tuesday and total volume stood at Rs 24423.45 crore, so far.

The indicative call rates which closed at 7.15/7.25% on Monday were contributions made from Andhra Bank, AXIS Bank, Bank of America, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Canara Bank, J P Morgan Chase, Citibank N.A., Corporation Bank, Credit Agricole Bank, Indusind Bank, ICICI Bank, ICICI Securities, IDBI Bank, Jammu and Kashmir Bank, Punjab National Bank, RBS, Societe Generale, Standard Chartered, so far.

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