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Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of October 2023 are set out in Tables 1 to 7.

Highlights:

Lending Rates:

The value of exports and imports of services during September 2023 is given in the following table.International Trade in Services(US$ Million)Month    Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports)July – 2023 26,228(8.1) 13,754(-2.2)August – 2023 28,719(8.4) 15,103(-0.8)

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on External Commercial Borrowings (ECB), Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB) and Rupee Denominated Bonds (RDB) both, through Automatic Route and Approval Route, for the month of September 2023.

Shweta Sharma       
Deputy General Manager

Press Release: 2023-2024/1219

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH). The November 2023 round of the survey is being launched. The survey aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, based on their individual consumption baskets, across 19 cities, viz., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households on price changes (general prices as well as prices of specific product groups) in the three months ahead as well as in the one year ahead period and quantitative responses on current, three months ahead and one year ahead inflation rates. The results of this survey provide useful inputs for monetary policy.

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The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS). The November 2023 round of the survey is being launched. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households, regarding their sentiments on general economic situation, employment scenario, price level, households’ income and spending. The survey is conducted regularly in 19 cities, viz., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram. The results of this survey provide useful inputs for monetary policy.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended October 27, 2023 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended October 20, 2023.

Shweta Sharma     
Deputy General Manager

Press Release: 2023-2024/1218

Auction Results    91 Days    182 Days 364 DaysI. Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore    ₹8000 Crore ₹9000 CroreII.    Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 119 148 125(ii) Amount ₹20685.235 Crore ₹27653 Crore ₹23177.419 Crore

I. T-Bill 91 days 182 days 364 daysII. Total Face Value Notified ₹7,000 Crore ₹8,000 Crore ₹9,000 CroreIII. Cut-off Price and Implicit Yield at Cut-Off Price 98.3010(YTM: 6.9325%) 96.5633

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent)MONEY MARKETS@ Volume(One Leg) WeightedAverage Rate RangeA. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)    476,462.40 6.77    5.50-6.90

A draft circular on processing and settlement of small value export and import related payments facilitated by Online Export-Import Facilitators (OEIFs) was issued for comments on April 7, 2022, by the Foreign Exchange Department of RBI under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. As the activities of OEIFs / Online Payment Gateway Service Providers (OPGSPs) are more aligned with payments, the guidelines have been redrafted taking into consideration the feedback received on the April 07, 2022 draft circular and from the perspective of Payment Systems. It is therefore, proposed to regulate entities facilitating payment and settlement for online cross border export / import transactions as Payment Aggregators – Cross Border (PA-CB) under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today placed on its website the circular on Regulation of PA-CB.