The Reserve Bank of India today released on its website the results of the following Surveys: i) Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS) – May 2024 ii) Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) – May 2024 iii) Survey of Professional Forecasters on Macroeconomic Indicators – Round 88th The Survey results are based on the feedback received from the respondents to the Surveys and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Reserve Bank of India

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Jun 2 May 24 May 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 16049 18822 10723 -8099 -5325 * 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 May 31, 2024.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – March 2024 ’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://dbie.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications). Scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) {including regional rural banks (RRBs)} report branch-wise data on type of deposits (current, savings and term), its institutional sector wise ownership, age wise distribution of deposits pertaining to individuals, maturity pattern of term deposits as well as number of employees in the annual ‘Basic Statistical Return’ (BSR) - 2 return. These data are released at disaggregated level (viz., type of deposits, population groups , bank groups, states, districts, centres, interest rate ranges, size, original and residual maturity).

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Basic Statistical Return on Credit by Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) in India – March 2024’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ (DBIE) portal (https://dbie.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications). The publication provides information on various characteristics of bank credit in India, based on data submitted by SCBs {including Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)} under the annual ‘Basic Statistical Return (BSR) – 1’ system, which collects information on type of account, organisation, occupation/activity and category of the borrower, district and population group of the place of utilisation of credit, rate of interest, credit limit and amount outstanding.

The Reserve Bank has launched the 2023-24 of its annual survey on Computer Software and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) Exports. The survey collects data on various aspects of computer services exports as well as exports of information technology enabled services (ITES) and business process outsourcing (BPO). The survey results are disseminated in public domain besides being used in compilation of India’s external sector statistics.

The Reserve Bank has launched the 2023-24 round of its annual survey on ‘Foreign Liabilities and Assets of Mutual Funds and Asset Management Companies’. The survey collects the information from mutual fund companies and asset management companies on their external financial liabilities and assets as at end-March of the latest financial year. The survey results are disseminated in the public domain besides being used in compilation of India’s external sector statistics.

The value of exports and imports of services during April 2024 is given in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) January – 2024 31,023 (10.8) 14,850 (0.2)

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of May 2024 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 9.55 per cent in April 2024 (9.37 per cent in March 2024). The WALR on outstanding rupee loans of SCBs was at 9.83 per cent in April 2024 (9.85 per cent in March 2024).[1] 1-Year median Marginal Cost of fund-based Lending Rate (MCLR) of SCBs moved to 8.79 per cent in May 2024 from 8.85 per cen

Today, the Reserve Bank released its quarterly house price index (HPI)1(base: 2010-11=100) for Q4:2023-24, based on transaction-level data received from the registration authorities in ten major cities2. Time series data on all-India and city-wise HPIs are available at the Bank’s database on Indian economy (DBIE) portal (https://cimsdbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/#/dbie/home > Statistics > Real Sector > Prices & Wages).