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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
Which of the following is a selective/qualitative method of credit control?
The difference between the value of security and the amount of loan sanctioned against these securities is known as:
Define qualitative credit control policy of the RBI.
During deflation, the Central Bank usually ______.
The central bank controls credit _____ .
In order to encourage investment in the economy, the central bank may ______.
During inflation, the central bank usually:
What is meant by open market operations?
Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative methods of credit control.
Define the following term:
Cash Reserve Ratio.
Briefly explain the following credit control method adopted by the Central Bank.
Publicity
Central bank is the lender of the last resort. Explain.
The Central Bank is the apex monetary institution of the country. Explain its role of a custodian of foreign exchange reserves.
Which of the following statements are correct and which are incorrect? Give reasons.
- 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.
Who controls the credit supply in an economy?
Identify the following Credit Control measure undertaken by the Central Bank during inflation.
The Central Bank sells government approved securities to the public.
Identify the following Credit Control measures undertaken by the Central Bank during inflation.
The Central Bank increases the rate at which it lends to the Commercial Bank.
What do you mean by credit control?
What are quantitative methods of credit control?
Describe two quantitative credit control measures of the Central Bank.
