The capital adequacy improved on equity infusion of Rs 500 crore by the J&K government in Q4FY20 and three profitable quarters in FY21
Improved economic environment in 2H FY21 helped
Stress on the asset quality front is at a multi-quarter low; bank ups PCR to 90 per cent
BofA Securities on Friday said the Indian economy continues to be weak, pointing to activity indicators tracked by it
Analysts at BofA Securities have upgraded Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank, and State Bank of India (SBI) on a "surprisingly" resilient asset quality outlook, and reasonable valuations
Within this space, vehicle loans continued to perform well, growing at an accelerated 10% this November, compared to 4.7% a year ago, RBI said in statement
Easing of slippage risk seen as GDP contraction narrows
Credit to large companies contracted 2.9%, but that to medium enterprises grew 16.7% YoY. Overall credit to industry had grown at 3.4% in October 2019
The economy is expected to be on normal course in early next financial year, says Dinesh Khara
Growth in credit to industry had grown 2.7 per cent YoY in September 2019
Credit growth to the services sector accelerated to 9.1 per cent YoY at the end of September from 7.3 per cent a year ago.
Personal loans grew 9.2 per cent year on year in September: compared to 16.6 per cent in September 2019
It is unfair to expect risk capital from banks to prop up the economy. They deal with public money
Hopes of improvement in asset quality, better credit growth and lower valuations are supporting factors
Despite the opportunities, KKR has suffered setbacks in India, where a long-running shadow banking crisis followed by the devastation of the pandemic has crippled the economy
Fund managers say that the actual asset quality trends would emerge clearly after the December quarter of the current financial year
"MSMEs are working hard to come back to normalcy. We expect a robust comeback from them in October, particularly in some sectors"
Prior to the disruption caused by covid-19, bank credit was already slower than normal in FY20 due to subdued economic activity and risk averseness of the lenders
With an increase in stress on asset quality and profitability, state-owned banks may need Rs 45,000-82,500 crore of capital in this financial year under a weak credit growth scenario, it said
Following this, the reverse repo rate, or the rate at which the banks perk extra liquidity with the RBI, was reduced to 3.35 per cent from 3.75 per cent - both at their historic lows.