Credit offtake picks up pace in past 2 months

30 Dec 2010 Evaluate

Banks are seeing an accelerated growth in loans. In the past four fortnights, banks lent close to Rs. 1,50,000 crore, which is higher than about Rs. 1,20,000 crore lent in the first six months of the current fiscal, if one excludes close to Rs. 60,000 crore they lent to telecom companies to fund various spectrum license fees.

However, depositors continue to shun bank deposits. In the latest fortnight, total deposits fell Rs. 38,117.36 crore. Both demand and term deposits declined Rs. 16,344.75 crore and Rs. 21,772.61 crore, respectively. At the current levels, deposit growth is just about 7% since April this year. This is mainly because inflation-adjusted return on deposits is almost nil on deposits up to three-year tenor as inflation , though moderated, is still ruling around 7.5%.

With deposit growth not keeping pace with credit growth, banks are pulling out funds parked in government bonds as well as money parked in various mutual fund schemes. In the latest fortnight, banks have pulled out Rs. 39,000 crore parked in government bonds.

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