“Pressure to carry out OMO sales has definitely come down significantly because liquidity conditions have stayed tight and more significantly it is the fall in core liquidity surplus that has played a prominent role in keeping liquidity conditions tight,” said Abhishek Upadhyay, senior economist at ICICI Securities Primary Dealership.
Banks unlikely to reduce deposit rates despite RBI easing
Following the latest repo rate decrease, bankers foresee only slight adjustments to deposit rates. The landscape, characterized by sluggish savings yields and elevated credit-deposit ratios,