(per cent per annum)

2004

2005

Item / week ended

Dec. 24

Nov. 18

Nov. 25

Dec. 2

Dec. 9

Dec. 16

Dec. 23

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)⁽¹⁾

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

Bank Rate

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

I.D.B.I.⁽²⁾

10.25

10.25

10.25

10.25

10.25

10.25

10.25

Prime Lending Rate⁽³⁾

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

Deposit Rate⁽⁴⁾

5.25-6.25

5.25-6.25

5.25-6.25

5.25-6.25

5.25-6.25

5.25-6.25

5.25-6.25

Call Money Rate (Low / High)⁽⁵⁾

- Borrowings

4.00/6.30

3.25/7.00

1.50/6.80

4.00/6.20

4.50/6.45

4.50/6.50

4.50/6.75

- Lendings

4.00/6.30

3.25/7.00

1.50/6.80

4.00/6.20

4.50/6.45

4.50/6.50

4.50/6.75

(1) Cash Reserve Ratio relates to Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks).
(2) Minimum Term Lending Rate (MTLR).
(3) Prime Lending Rate relates to five major Banks.
|(4) Deposit Rate relates to major Banks for term deposits of more than one year maturity.
(5) Data cover 90-95 per cent of total transactions reported by participants.