Call rates remain high on the second day of new reporting cycle

07 Jun 2011 Evaluate

The Inter-bank call money rates were higher at 7.40/50% from Monday's close of 7.30/25% as demand remained firm at the start of a new reporting fortnight. Cash rates are expected to rise beyond 8.25% after the advance tax payments in mid-June, as many banks may have to access the Marginal Standing Facility provided by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which will be 100 basis points above the repo rate of 7.25%.

RBI Governor D Subbarao in the annual monetary policy for the current financial year 2011-12 introduced Marginal Standing Facility for banks to borrow up to 1% of their net demand and time liabilities at 100 basis points above the repo rate. However, the banks are supposed to use Marginal Standing Facility to borrow overnight money only when they have exhausted all other existing channels like collateralized borrowing and lending obligation (CBLO) and liquidity adjustment facility (LAF).

At present the upward movement in the call rates could also be gauged by the bank not parking any excess money using the LAF’s reverse repo window.

Banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 78,030 crore through repo window on June 07, 2011. While, Banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 75,080 crore through repo window on June 06, 2011.

The overnight borrowing rates has touched a high of 7.45% and a low of 6.20%, so far.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was 7.40% on Monday and total volume stood at Rs 16,179 crore on the same day.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 7.26% on Monday and total volume stood at Rs 46,178 crore on the same day.

The indicative call rates which closed at 7.30/25% 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 Bank, State Bank of India, Union Bank of India, ING Vysya Bank, BNP Paribas, HDFC Bank, P&S Bank.

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