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In its Monetary Policy declared on 25.10.2011 RBI has deregulated interest rates on Savings bank accounts. Currently, banks pay interest rate of 4% on the savings bank accounts. Post this deregulation, the interest rates on Savings bank accounts bound to move up. This can have quite serious implications on the profitability of the banking system. After this deregulation the interest rates on the savings rate will move up ranging from 0.25% to 2%. There is a good chance that going forward, banks will focus on garnering Current bank accounts. Already banks are under pressure with slow growth in the loan books and high interest rate cycle. In that backdrop, this deregulation on savings bank accounts will be a new bullet to bite for the banking system. While this deregulation of savings bank accounts is surely a Diwali gift for general public and bank customers, this surely is one more body blow for the banking system to handle.
As announced today by the Governor in the Second Quarter Review of the Monetary Policy 2011-12, it has been decided to increase the repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 8.25 per cent to 8.50 per cent with immediate effect.
Please refer to the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2011-12 on October 25, 2011, in terms of which the repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) has been increased by 25 basis points from 8.25 per cent to 8.50 per cent with immediate effect.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee has said that the today’s monetary policy announcement by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would help in getting us back to a more comfortable inflation situation soon while leaving scope for growth to pick up in the second half of current fiscal year. The Finance Minister Shri Mukherjee was responding to the RBI today’s announcement vide which it has increased the policy repo rate by 25 basis points from existing 8.25% to 8.50%.
Foreign Exchange Counters in the arrival halls in international airports in India shall ideally be established after the Customs Desk (Green Channel/Red Channel). However, Foreign Exchange Counters may also be established between the Immigration Desk and the Customs Desk in international airports in India, subject to the condition that these counters shall only purchase Foreign currency and sell Indian Rupees (INR) and “Encashment Certificates” shall invariably be issued by the money changers to the customers.
A reference is invited to para 4 of the RBI circular of IDMD.PCD.No. 5053 /14.03.04/ 2010-11 dated May 23, 2011 wherein it was indicated that the guidelines on CDS would be effective from October 24, 2011. Necessary infrastructure which includes trade repository, documentation, publication of CDS curve for valuation, standardisation of contracts, etc. required for the launch of the product is being put in place. Further, market participants have asked for certain clarifications regarding documentation, operational aspects, and the arrangement for the necessary institutional framework.
In terms of sub-section 4 of Section (6) of FEMA, 1999, a person resident in India is free to hold, own, transfer or invest in foreign currency, foreign security or any immovable property situated outside India if such currency, security or property was acquired, held or owned by such person when he was resident outside India or inherited from a person who was resident outside India. (b) an investor can retain and reinvest the income earned on investments made under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme.
On a review, it has been decided that AD banks in India may be permitted to accept FCNR (B) deposits in any permitted currency. It may be noted that ‘Permitted currency’ for this purpose would mean a foreign currency which is freely convertible as defined in terms of Regulation 2(v) of FEMA 14/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, as amended from time to time.
Reserve Bank of India having considered it necessary in public interest and to regulate the financial system of the country to its advantage, in exercise of powers conferred under Sections 45 U (a) and 45 V of the RBI Act, 1934 has issued notification specifying Credit Default Swap as a derivative for the purposes of Chapter IIID of the said Act.
In my considered opinion, systemic risks in the global markets can be best identified and measured by looking at some select key parameters which, between them, indicate the extent of asset bubbles and the corresponding under-pricing of risks. In other words, it is not so much high volatility, which is the ‘effect’, that should be a cause for concern as persistent and excessively low volatility, which is the ‘cause’, and was the hallmark of the pre-crisis period. In particular, it is very instructive to look at the readings on parameters such as (i) TED Spread (3M LIBOR – 3M Treasury Bill), (ii) 3M LIBOR – 3M OIS, (iii) 3M LIBOR – Effective Fed Funds Rate, (iv) VIX Index and (v) CDX Crossover index. Pre-crisis these were about 48 bps, 12 bps, 27 bps, 24% and 154, respectively.
