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See normalcy in banking system by Feb end: Arundhati Bhattacharya

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Mumbai: After a New Year gift of a 0.9 percentage point cut in lending rates, State Bank of India (SBI) Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya on Monday said she saw normalcy return to the banking system by end-February or March, with uptake in credit growth.

Her reference was to the events following the demonetisation of 500- and 1,000-rupee currency notes, which put enormous pressure on commercial banks in servicing people for exchanging or depositing the old currency.

The chairperson said banks, indeed, have huge low-cost funds driven by deposits following the demonetisation drive. This, she felt, will flow out. “But we expect 40% of that to stay with the bank,” she added.

“At that time, we will have a relook at the deposit rates.”

Referring to the rate cut announced on Sunday, Bhattacharya said: “This is a liquidity-driven rate cut. The liquidity in the system in unprecedented, in terms of the fact that what we did in the first nine months of the year, we have done one-and-half times that in 30 days.”

At the same time, this excess liquidity was marked by a lower credit growth. “But we want to give a very clear signal that we are open for business. There is demand in the economy and there should not be any uncertainty on this.”

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