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11 February, 2022

It is due to the increase of classified loans of the bank, that they are now facing liquidity problems and the borrower inter-bank call money at very high rate. Justify the viewpoint

It is simple understanding that due to increase of classified loans, the bank has faced to liquidity crisis. However, when loans go bad they have some adverse effects on the financial health of banks. Banks make adequate provisions and charges for bad debts which impact negatively on performance. The provisions for bad loans reduce total loan portfolio of banks and as such affects interest earnings on such assets. This constitutes huge cost, as it makes a liquidity crisis for the banks.

On other hand, when banks will go into liquidity crisis, they try to borrow from inter-bank call money at a high interest rate.

The inter-bank call money market is an overnight market in meeting banks immediate liquidity needs and reserve deficiencies. Hence, an important task of the call money market is to facilitate liquidity management in the inter-bank market. The orderly and stable functioning of the inter-bank call money market is important to minimize liquidity risk in the banking system as a whole.

 

So that the banks will penetrate to call money at high interest rate to maintain their adequate liquidity due to loan classification and keeps provision in this same.