CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio)

The share of deposits banks must park in cash with the RBI, earning nothing. Raising it drains money from the system; cutting it frees banks to lend more. A liquidity lever, separate from the repo rate.

Related terms

SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio)RBI repo rate Stock split EBLR (External Benchmark Lending Rate)

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