Research and Data

he Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period August 11, 2025 – August 14, 2025 All Figures are in USD Millions Position Date    MERCHANT    INTER BANK FCY / INR    FCY / FCY    FCY / INR    FCY / FCY Spot    Forward    Forward Cancel    Spot    Forward    Forward Cancel    Spot    Swap    Forward    Spot    Swap    Forward Purchases 11-08-2025    5,119    963    1,177    296    131    153    14,651    21,707    1,902    4,441    1,993    212 12-08-2025    4,084    934    1,315    473    198    259    16,116    23,440    3,014    6,044    2,355    189 13-08-2025    3,925    1,158    1,322    429    391    354    20,249    18,857    2,890    6,899    2,055    398 14-08-2025    5,259    1,624    2,094    566    233    207    16,515    21,725    2,855    6,155    2,352    616

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Nov. 1 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 31294 23777 20016 -3761 -11278 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended October 31, 2025.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the data related to the 2024-25 round of its annual survey on computer software and information technology enabled services (ITES) exports. The survey collects details on India’s exports of software services {computer services and ITES/business process outsourcing (BPO) services} as per type of activity, on-site/off-site nature of services, country of destination and modes of supply.

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Rural Consumer Confidence Survey (RCCS). The November 2025 round of the survey is being launched. The survey collects current perceptions and one year ahead expectations of households on general economic situation, employment scenario, overall price situation, own income and spending from the households residing in the rural and semi-urban areas across 31 states/ UTs viz., Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, NCT of Delhi, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Union Territory of Ladakh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. The results of this survey provide useful inputs for monetary policy.

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH). The November 2025 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, Jam

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 2025 are set out in Tables 1 to 7. Highlights: Lending Rates: • The weighted average lending rate (WALR) on fresh rupee loans of SCBs stood at 8.50 per cent in September 2025 (8.74 per cent in August 2025).

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Money Supply for the fortnight ended October 17, 2025.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Oct. 25 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 24079 30095 23777 -6318 -302 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of September 2025 collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks (SCBs), accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit by all SCBs, are set out in Statements I and II. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit grew by 10.2 per cent as on the fortnight ended September 19, 2025, compared to 13.0 per cent during the corresponding fortnight of the previous year (i.e., September 20, 2024).