Deposits key to banks` marginal lending rate cuts
(WorldNews India)

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut the repo rate by 250 basis points to 4% between February 2019 and last Friday, but this has not translated into banks cutting the interest rates on their loans. Will things be different this time? Mint weighs the possibility. What has driven RBI to reduce the repo rate? The aim behind reducing the repo rate—the rate at which RBI lends to banks—is to encourage banks to cut their lending rates. At lower interest rates people will borrow and spend more, and businesses will borrow...