Research and Data

The Reserve Bank of India has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended December 25, 2015 Ajit Prasad Assistant General Manager Press Release: 2015-2016/1529

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets (₹ Billion) Item 2014 2015 Variation Dec. 19 Dec. 11 Dec. 18 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and advances 4.1 Central Government – – – – – 4.2 State Governments 14.07 4.88 20.48 15.61 6.42 2. Foreign Exchange Reserves Item As on December 18, 2015 Variation over Week End-March 2015 Year ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Total Reserves 23,222.1 351,106.5 –205.0 –1,400.1 1,845.7 9,468.1

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended December 18, 2015 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended December 11, 2015. Ajit Prasad Assistant General Manager Press Release: 2015-2016/1500

The Reserve Bank of India today placed on its website ‘Statistical Tables Relating to Banks in India: 2014-15’ – an annual publication that provides key information on banks. The publication includes bank-wise information on major items pertaining to liabilities and assets, income and expenses, non-performing assets, financial ratios, spatial distribution of offices, number of employees and details of priority sector advances etc. In addition, bank-wise yearly data on

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 12-DEC-2014 27-NOV-2015 * 11-DEC-2015 * 12-DEC-2014 27-NOV-2015 * 11-DEC-2015 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 1079.33 1486.49 1474.24 1127.96 1544.92 1532.72 ** b) Borrowings from banks 359.73 537.24 607.18 362.65 538.66 608.44 c) Other demand & time liabilities 61.94 63.75 215.64 62 63.8 215.64 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Dep

The Reserve Bank of India today released quarterly House Price Index (HPI) on its website through the Database on Indian Economy (http://dbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=statistics), RealSector> Prices&Wages> Quarterly for All India and ten major cities, viz., Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Kanpur and Kochi for H1:2015-16. Based on the updated data received from Mumbai registration office, HPI of Mumbai City has bee

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets (₹ Billion) Item 2014 2015 Variation Dec. 12 Dec. 4 Dec. 11 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and advances 4.1 Central Government 342.58 – – – –342.58 4.2 State Governments 19.33 11.45 4.88 –6.57 –14.45 2. Foreign Exchange Reserves Item As on December 11, 2015 Variation over Week End-March 2015 Year ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Total Reserves 23,427.1 352,506.6 11.6 407.9 2,050.7

The Reserve Bank today placed on its website a Working Paper titled “Capital Structure, Ownership and Crisis: How Different are Banks?” under the Reserve Bank of India Working Paper Series*. The paper has been authored by Dr. Saibal Ghosh and Dr. Goutam Chatterjee. With the introduction of capital standards by the Basel Committee in the late 1980s, such norms have, by and large, been adopted universally with suitable country-specific refinements. According to one view

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting the Inflation Expectations Survey of Households. The survey for the December 2015 quarterly round is now being launched. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households on price changes (general prices as well as prices of specific product groups) in the next three months as well as in the next one year and quantitative responses on current, three-month ahead and one-year ahead inflation rates. The results

The Reserve Bank of India has been conducting the Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS) on a quarterly basis since June 2010. The December 2015 round of the Survey is now being launched. The survey aims at capturing subjective assessments of around 5,400 respondents across 6 metropolitan cities viz., Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi. The survey seeks qualitative responses on questions pertaining to economic conditions, income, spending, percepti