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Bank loans contract after three months
Business Standard
|November 03, 2025
After a robust pickup in disbursements till the end of September, bank loans contracted in the first fortnight of October —a first since the fortnight ended July 11, latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed.
Bank loans contracted ₹49,468 crore for the fortnight ended October 17. But year-on-year (YoY) growth improved marginally to 11.5 per cent from 11.4 per cent a fortnight ago.
Deposits also contracted by ₹2.15 trillion and recorded Yo-Y growth of 9.5 percent compared to 9.9 per cent a fortnight ago.
This story is from the November 03, 2025 edition of Business Standard.
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