India Banking Rate Tracker -Outstanding PSB Spreads Continue To Fall, Hit Fresh 10-Year Low Of 2.31%: CareEdge

In February 2024, there has been pressure on outstanding spreads due to growing competition among banks.

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In February 2024, the spread of Scheduled Commercial Banks between the weighted average lending rate and weighted average domestic term deposit rate (the net interest rate spread) stood at 2.92% and 2.95% for fresh and outstanding rates, respectively.

Meanwhile, outstanding spreads of public sector banks touched a new 10-year low of 2.31%, while private banks continued to maintain a higher spread as compared to PSBs.

The lending rate on outstanding rupee loans of scheduled commercial banks decreased by 2 basis points sequentially to 9.81%. In comparison, the deposit rate on o/s rupee term deposits increased marginally by 1 bps to 6.86% in February 2024.

Meanwhile, the one-year median MCLR of SCBs remained flat month-on-month and stood at 8.80% as of March 2024.

The lending rate on fresh rupee loans of SCBs decreased sequentially by 7 basis points (bps) to 9.36% in February 2024, while the deposit rate (Fresh) of SCBs increased by 1 bps to 6.44% in February 2024.

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