RBI rate hike: Major banks raise lending rates, making loans costlier
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- Step 1 · The triggerWithheld
- Step 2 · Knock-onmajor PSU banks immediately raise repo-linked lending rates via the EBLR mechanism, passing the full hike to borrowers
- Step 3 · Knock-onIndian SME floating-rate loan EMIs and cash-credit interest accrual rise from the next billing cycle
- Step 4 · Knock-onSME working-capital cost pressure intensifies, squeezing operating margin for credit-dependent businesses
- Step 5 · Reaches youdelayed deposit-rate pass-through widens bank NIMs, with CASA-heavy private banks capturing disproportionate benefit
The trigger is reported by the source below. The steps that follow are Branch²’s traced reasoning — how the shock could reach a business like yours, not a prediction.
Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
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