You must have read or heard about the Long term repo operations in the news about the Reserve Bank of India. Let us understand everything about the long-term repo operations introduced by RBI and their utility. These are a part of current affairs for RBI Grade B & SEBI Grade A Exams. Let us get started.
LONG TERM REPO OPERATIONS (LTRO)
What are Long Term Repo Operations (LTRO)?
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced long-term repo operations (LTRO) and revised its liquidity management framework to facilitate the transmission of monetary policy actions and the flow of credit to the economy.
- LTRO was first introduced by the European Central Bank (ECB) during its sovereign debt crisis that began in 2008.
- Funds through LTRO are provided at the repo rate.
- It means that banks can avail one year and three-year loans at the same interest rate of one day repo.
- Loans with higher maturity period like 1 year and 3 years will have a higher interest rate compared to short term (repo) loans.
- LTRO scheme will be in addition to the existing Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) and the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) operations.
- LTROs will be conducted on CBS (E-KUBER) platform.
- The operations would be conducted at a fixed rate.
- In the latest LTRO (Feb-March 2020), the total amount of liquidity injected through these operations would be up to ₹ 1,00,000 crores.
- The minimum bid amount would be Rupees one crore and multiples thereof. The allotment would be in multiples of Rupees one crore. There will be no restriction on the maximum amount of bidding by individual bidders.
Liquidity Adjustment Facility
- The LAF consists of overnight as well as term repo auctions. Progressively, the Reserve Bank has increased the proportion of liquidity injected under fine-tuning variable rate repo auctions of range of tenors.
- The aim of term repo is to help develop the inter-bank term money market, which in turn can set market-based benchmarks for pricing of loans and deposits, and hence improve the transmission of monetary policy.
- The Reserve Bank also conducts variable interest rate reverse repo auctions, as necessitated under the market conditions.
Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)
- A facility under which scheduled commercial banks can borrow an additional amount of overnight money from the Reserve Bank by dipping into their Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) portfolio up to a limit at a penal rate of interest.
- This provides a safety valve against unanticipated liquidity shocks to the banking system.
Benefits of using LTRO
- It will increase the liquidity in the banking system by Rs 1 lakh crore.
- LTRO helped RBI ensure that banks reduce their marginal cost of funds-based lending rate, without reducing policy rates.
- These efforts are being carried forward with a view to assuring banks about the availability of durable liquidity at a reasonable cost relative to prevailing market conditions.
SOURCE: The Hindu, LiveMint, RBI Notifications, Indian express
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