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प्रश्न
Define bank rate.
Define the following term:
Bank Rate
What is bank rate?
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उत्तर १
Bank rate is the rate at which the central bank provides credit to commercial banks.
उत्तर २
The ‘bank rate’ or ‘discount rate’ refers to the interest rate at which the central bank provides loans and advances to commercial banks or rediscounts their approved bills of exchange and government securities. By adjusting this rate, the central bank regulates the amount of credit available in the economy.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Define qualitative credit control policy of the RBI.
Explain how credit rationing helps to control credit in an economy.
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During inflation, the central bank usually:
Read the following statements - Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose one of the correct alternatives given below:
Assertion (A): Increase in cash reserve ratio adversely affects the capacity of commercial banks to create credit.
Reason (R): An increase in cash reserve ratio reduces the excess reserves of commercial banks and hence limits their credit creating power.
Read the following statements - Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose one of the correct alternatives given below:
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Reason (R): During inflation, RBI reduces the bank rate.
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Define the following term:
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Publicity
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Fixation of margin requirement on secured loans.
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- Central bank is a currency authority.
- Bank rate is a qualitative method of credit control.
- Quantitative methods regulate direction of credit.
- Bank rate is the rate at which commercial banks give loans to the public.
- Central bank should sell government securities when credit is to be expanded.
What is this policy called that controls the credit supply in an economy?
Identify the following Credit Control measures undertaken by the Central Bank during inflation.
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What are quantitative methods of credit control?
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