Weekly Macro Data Coverage Sept 16, 2019

Key Highlights:

  • Surplus liquidity in banking system has surged up to Rs. 1.41 lakh crore
  • Weighted average call money rate is hovering around 5.34% for past four weeks
  • Surplus liquidity has reduced to Rs. 45,000 crore as on Sept 16, 2019
  • Overall liquidity condition is likely to improve in coming weeks on account of festive session
  • 10-year US sovereign yield has inched up to 1.9% during the first week of Sept 2019
  • ECB has trimmed its deposit rate by 10 bps to -.5%.
  • Indian rupee has shown a sign of improvement with 0.8% appreciation over the week time

Liquidity

The surplus liquidity in banking system has surged up to Rs. 1.41 lakh crore during the first week of September 2019. On account of excess liquidity in the system, the weighted average call money rate is hovering around 5.34% for past four weeks. However, there is a sign of improvement during the third week of September as the surplus liquidity has reduced to Rs. 45,000 crore. The overall liquidity condition is likely to improve in coming weeks on account of festive session. Moreover, fall in deposit growth to 9.7% is indicating a further improvement in the liquidity condition.

Capital Market

On the global capital market, the 10-year US sovereign yield has inched up to 1.9% during the first week of Sept 2019. In the European Union, ECB has trimmed its deposit rate by 10 bps to -.5%. Moreover, QE program of 20 billion euro monthly also on the card of the central bank. Going ahead, this will infuse liquidity in the global financial system. Moreover, Fed’s next FOMC meeting is due on this week. These factors are likely to dominate the sovereign debt market in coming weeks. On the domestic market front, the 10-year Indian G-sec stands at 6.70% for past two weeks. The FOMC decision will be crucial for the future trend of the sovereign yield.

Currency Trend

The currency market seems to be recovering after a month long volatility. The Indian rupee has shown a sign of improvement with 0.8% appreciation over the week time. However, recent attack on Saudi oil tank will volatile oil price and there by currency market as well. An accommodative stance of ECB and Fed will have a positive impact on the Indian rupee.


Interest rates and ratio:

Interest Rate

Sep.,07

Aug.,9

Aug.,16

Aug.,23

Aug.,30

Sep.,06

2018

2019

2019

2019

2019

2019

Policy Repo Rate

6.5

5.4

5.4

5.40

5.40

5.40

Call Money Rate (WA)

6.32

5.45

5.32

5.32

5.36

5.34

364-Day Treasury Bill Yield

7.52

5.85

5.77

5.74

5.72

5.69

2-Yr Indian G-Sec

8.00

5.90

5.90

5.90

5.78

5.77

10-Yr Indian G-Sec

7.98

6.64

6.69

6.57

6.70

6.73

10-Yr US G-Sec

3.00

1.56

1.53

1.5

1.56

1.9

AAA (Indian corporate)

8.85

6.96

7.61

7.37

7.70

8.01

Spread in bps (10Yr Indian- US)

498.1

508

516

507

514

483

Credit/Deposit Ratio

76.04

76.36

75.75

USD LIBOR (3 month)

1.9188

2.0953

2.0959

2.0936

2.0866

2.0976

Forward Premia of US$ 1-month

4.51

3.74

3.7

4.02

3.85

4.18

US$ 3-month

4.42

3.86

3.9

4.24

4.18

4.24

US$ 6-month

4.27

3.94

3.96

4.22

4.24

4.28

Source: RBI, Investing.com


Acuité Portfolio Debt Instrument Benchmark Estimates (as on Sep, 16 2019):

Category

10-Yr Corporate Yield to Maturity

AAA*

NA

AA+

8.04%

AA

8.65%

Source: Acuité Research; # Discount Factor: 0.059; *Outside Benchmark


Deposit (In Rs. Lakh cr)

Bank Credit (In Rs. Lakh cr)

As on Aug 30,2019

127.80

96.81

As on Aug 02,2019

127.45

97.29

As on Aug 31,2018

116.47

87.81

YTD (% change)

0.28%

-0.50%

YoY (% change)

9.73%

10.25%

Source: RBI


Money Market Performance

Commercial Paper (Fortnight):

Outstanding (In Rs. Billion)

Amount issued (In Rs. Billion)

30-Jun-19

5,039.40

1076.9

15-Jun-19

5,561.80

1078.7

30-Jun-18

4,918.30

1267.3

% Change (MoM)

-9.39%

-0.17%

% Change (YoY)

2.46%

-15.02%

Source: RBI


Indices

 

07-Sep-18

16-Aug-19

23-Aug-19

30-Aug-19

06-Sep-19

NSE Index

11,589.10

11,047.80

10,829.35

11,023.25

10,946.20

NSE Index Return

-0.78

-0.56

-1.98

1.79

-0.7

BSE Index

38,389.82

37,350.33

36,701.16

37,332.79

36,981.77

BSE Index Return

-0.66

-0.62

-1.74

1.72

-0.94




Liquidity Operation by RBI:



Source: RBI, Acuité Research; 
Note: Net injection (+) and Net absorption (-)



Corporate debt (in Rs. Lakh Cr):





Net Debt Issuance by Centre and State Government (Rs. Billion):



Source: Acuité Research, RB



Commodity Price Index (3 Month Moving Average):





Commodity Price Movement (3 Month Moving Average):





USD-INR Movement:



Source: RBI, Acuité Research


Source: RBI, Acuité Research
Sr. Statistician/economist