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

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS). The January 2025 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

Today, the Reserve Bank of India releases Volume 45, No.1, 2024 of its Occasional Papers, a research journal containing contributions from its staff. This issue contains three articles and three book reviews. Articles: 1. Determinants of Household Saving Portfolio in India: Evidence from Survey Data This paper provides an assessment of the household saving and investment behaviour by studying both household-specific determinants and time-varying macroeconomic

Today, the Reserve Bank released the December 2024 issue of the Financial Stability Report (FSR), which reflects the collective assessment of the Sub-Committee of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) on the resilience of the Indian financial system and risks to financial stability.

Today, the Reserve Bank released data relating to India’s International Investment Position for end-September 2024[1].

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Dec. 22 Dec. 13 Dec. 20 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 2294 28744 19820 -8924 17526 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Preliminary data on India’s balance of payments (BoP) for the second quarter (Q2), i.e., July-September 2024-25, are presented in Statements I and II. Key Features of India’s BoP in Q2:2024-25 • India’s current account deficit (CAD) moderated marginally to US$ 11.2 billion (1.2 per cent of GDP) in Q2:2024-25 from US$ 11.3 billion (1.3 per cent of GDP) in Q2:2023-24.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 15-Dec-2023 29-Nov-2024* 13-Dec-2024* 15-Dec-2023 29-Nov-2024* 13-Dec-2024* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 276840.69 273721.88 310793.89 280287.73 278500.30 315564.52** b) Borrowings from banks 192669.26 137597.04 131991.65 192698.15 137620.00 132026.65 c) Other demand & time liabilities 70471.58 24717.72 24455.24 71176.89 25053.36 24757.03

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended December 20, 2024 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended

Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Statistical Tables relating to Banks in India: 2023-24’ covering the activities of the Indian banking sector. The publication presents entity-wise information on major items of liabilities and assets along with their maturity profile; income and expenses; select financial ratios, number of employees and details of priority sector advances for scheduled commercial banks (excluding regional rural banks). In addition, capital to risk weighted asset ratios (CRARs), non-performing assets (NPAs), exposure to sensitive sectors, contingent liabilities and unclaimed deposits are included. State wise distribution of consolidated balance sheet of rural co-operative banks are also presented.

Today, in compliance with Section 36 (2) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Reserve Bank of India released the Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2023-24. This Report presents the performance of the banking sector, including commercial banks, co-operative banks and non-banking financial institutions, during 2023-24 and 2024-25 so far.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the December 2024 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement (December 4-6) 2024-25, ten speeches, four articles, and current statistics.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Dec. 15 Dec. 6 Dec. 13 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 11131 0 -11131 0 4.2 State Governments 15212 34432 28744 -5688 13532 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Today, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the Report “State Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2024-25”. The theme of this year’s Report is “Fiscal Reforms by States”. It provides a comprehensive assessment of the finances of State governments for 2024-25 against the backdrop of actual and revised/provisional accounts for 2022-23 and 2023-24, respectively.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended December 13, 2024.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Dec. 8 Nov. 29 Dec. 6 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - - 11131 11131 11131 4.2 State Governments 24583 16465 34432 17967 9849 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on Overseas Direct Investment, both under Automatic Route and the Approval Route, for the month of November 2024.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 01-Dec-2023 15-Nov-2024* 29-Nov-2024* 01-Dec-2023 15-Nov-2024* 29-Nov-2024* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 249012.95 286037.41 273721.88 252864.88 291221.79 278500.30** b) Borrowings from banks 200300.56 135263.61 136378.04 200371.41 135338.08 136401.00 c) Other demand & time liabilities 71526.81 24650.32 24840.15 72234.28 25006.84 25175.79

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended December 06, 2024 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended November 29, 2024.

Today, the Reserve Bank of India released the ninth edition of its statistical publication titled “Handbook of Statistics on Indian States, 2023-24”. Through this publication, the Reserve Bank has been disseminating wide-ranging data on the regional economies of India.