Research and Data

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on External Commercial Borrowings (ECB), Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB) and Rupee Denominated Bonds (RDB) both, through Automatic Route and Approval Route, for the month of September 2017. Ajit Prasad Assistant Adviser Press Release: 2017-2018/1135

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 14-Oct-16 29-SEP-2017 * 13-OCT-2017 * 14-Oct-16 29-SEP-2017 * 13-OCT-2017 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 1541.62 1523.96 1437.09 1608.81 1575.66 1488.60 ** b) Borrowings from banks 611.74 542.69 636.58 613.69 543.16 636.92 c) Other demand & time liabilities 48.32 93.8 104.09 48.32 95.02 105.32 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Depo

The Reserve Bank has been conducting the Services and Infrastructure Outlook Survey (SIOS) since 2014-15. The survey is conducted on a quarterly basis. The 15th round of the SIOS seeks an assessment of the business situation for the current quarter (Q3:2017-18, i.e., October - December 2017) from selected companies in the services and infrastructure sectors in India, and their outlook for the ensuing quarter (Q4:2017-18, i.e., January - March 2018). 2. Companies in th

Today, the Reserve Bank released the quarterly house price index (HPI)1 (base: 2010-11=100) for Q1:2017-18, based on transactions data received from housing registration authorities in ten major cities (viz., Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Kanpur and Kochi). Time series data on All-India and city-wise HPI are available on the Database of Indian Economy (DBIE) portal (https://dbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=statistics > Re

The Reserve Bank of India has set up a High-level Task Force on a Public Credit Registry for India. The Memorandum containing the composition of the Task Force along with its terms of reference is released today. Jose J. Kattoor Chief General Manager Press Release: 2017-2018/1103

The Reserve Bank of India has launched the 80th round of the quarterly Industrial Outlook Survey (IOS) for reference period October-December 2017 (Q3:2017-18). The survey with a good size/industry representation gives an insight into the perception of companies in the manufacturing sector about their own performance and the prospects. The assessment of business sentiments for the current quarter and expectations for the ensuing quarter are based on qualitative respons

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Billion) Item 2016 2017 Variation Oct. 14 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and advances 4.1 Central Government – – – 0.00 0.00 4.2 State Governments 37.13 33.61 45.85 12.24 8.72 * Data are provisional. 2. Foreign Exchange Reserves Item As on October 13, 2017 Variation over Week End-March 2017 Year ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Total Reserves 25,994.8 400,296.8 –

The Reserve Bank of India has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended October 13, 2017. Ajit Prasad Assistant Adviser Press Release: 2017-2018/1085

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) indicating the comparative position for the month of August 2017 and September 2017 and for the month of September 2016 and September 2017 both under Automatic Route and the Approval Route, for the month of September 2017. Ajit Prasad Assistant Adviser Press Release: 2017-2018/1056

The Reserve Bank releases monthly data on India’s international trade in services with a lag of around 45 days. The value of exports and imports of services during the month of August 2017 are given in the following Table. Table: International Trade in Services (US$ Million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) July-17 13,178 7,334 August-17 13,701 8,658 Note: Data are provisional. Monthly data on services are provisional and would undergo revision when the Bal