Banks’ outstanding credit to the NBFC sector increased 21 percent year-on-year to Rs 11.01 lakh crore as on June 17.
With commercial banks frowning at the low 5 percent credit and blaming it on weak industrial activity, HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh said this should not be viewed negatively as corporates are de-leveraging on one hand and are raising money from the debt market on the other.
While much of the weakness on the corporate loans was anticipated, the worrying part was the slowdown in momentum of growth in retail loans, given retail has been the only growth driver for bank credit over the last few years Both mortgages and non-mortgages slowed..
Four years ago, bank loans to the industrial sector was growing at roughly 20 percent a year. The rate of growth has been on a downward trajectory since, slipping into the negative territory in August 2016, the first in a decade. In August scheduled commercial banks‘ outstanding loan to the industrial sector contracted by 0.2 percent.
Kotak Mahindra bank expects about 20 percent growth in credit during the current fiscal, a senior executive said on June 6
Credit offtake to industry, which has seen decline in the recent past due to slowdown in certain sectors and issues related to bad loans, is likely to see an uptick from next month, Bank Board Bureau chief Vinod Rai said on May 12
Adrian Mowat, JPMorgan's chief Asian and emerging market equity strategist, says in the near-term, China, Taiwan and Korea are likely to perform better than India
Factors such as GDP growth, consumer confidence, credit availability, interest rates and housing supply affect the housing sales.
"Overall the first half of FY15 was very weak for corporate growth relative to historic trends. While there has been some pick-up in Q3, the seasonality in growth is less pronounced and going by January trends, looks like industrial growth will disappoint significantly," Nomura said in a research report.
N Sivaraman also commented on L&T Finance Holdings current state of business. He says in terms of core competencies, it is either the number 2 or the number 3 player in every segment it is present in, except the commercial vehicles space.
Keki Mistry, vice-chairman and chief executive officer of HDFC says in another quarter or two, credit growth will take off. Traditionally, credit offtake is highest in the fourth quarter, he adds.
Prabhudas Lilladher has come out with its report on financial sector. The research firm continues to maintain that industrial credit growth will continue to moderate and expect 13.5% growth in FY13 and ~15% growth in FY14.
The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy today revised downwards its growth estimate marginally for the current fiscal to 7.2%.
Bank of America Merrill’s India economist Indranil Sen Gupta sees the Reserve Bank of India cutting benchmark rates by 100 basis points between March and September this year.
Bank lending to the priority sector grew at a moderate rate of over 17% in August due to a rise in education loans and borrowings by micro and small enterprises.
High interest rate regime notwithstanding, non-food credit offtake from banks grew by 19.6% to over Rs 42 lakh crore during 12 months to September 23.
Despite the high interest rate regime, credit offtake from banks grew 20.5% to over Rs 42 lakh crore during 12 months to September 9, indicating strong momentum in the country's economic activity.
Despite high interest rates, credit offtake from banks grew by 20.7% to over Rs 41 lakh crore during the one-year period ended August 26, 2011, indicating momentum in the country's economic activity.
Morgan Stanley’s Chetan Ahya expects the RBI to hike rate another 25 bps in the upcoming policy meet. Speaking to CNBC-TV18, he says that GDP growth is expected come in at 7.2% for FY12.
Credit offtake from banks grew by 20.3% to over Rs 41 lakh crore during the one-year period ended August 12, 2011, suggesting an upswing after a brief period of moderation.
Credit offtake from banks grew by 20.1% to over Rs 42 lakh crore during the one-year period ended July 1, 2011, indicating an upswing in industrial activity.
Growth of credit offtake from banks to major sectors accelerated to 21.9% in May, as against 18.1% in the same month last year, on big surge in lending to non-banking financial companies (NBFCs).
Credit offtake from banks grew by 20.9% to over Rs 41 lakh crore during the one-year period ended June 17, 2011, indicating an upswing in industrial activity.
Credit offtake from public and private sector banks in the country grew by over 23.3% for the one-year period ended February 25, indicating an upswing in the industrial activity, says the RBI.
Credit offtake from public and private sector banks in the country grew by 23.4% for the one-year period ended January 28, indicating an upswing in industrial activity, says the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).