Bank borrowings increase by 67 per cent in 2023
MUMBAI: Borrowing by banks climbed last year, on average by as much as two-thirds in aggregate, as the central bank’s liquidity mop-up to tame consumer prices coincided with higher demand for credit and trailing deposit growth. HDFC Bank’s mid-July merger with mortgage-lending pioneer HDFC also caused borrowings to swell for mainstream lenders under the central … Read more
