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प्रश्न
The Central Bank is the apex monetary institution of the country. Explain its role of a custodian of foreign exchange reserves.
उत्तर
As a custodian of the cash reserves of the commercial banks, the central bank maintains the cash reserves of the commercial banks. Every commercial bank has to keep a certain percentage of its cash reserves with the central bank by law.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Which of the following is a selective/qualitative method of credit control.
The difference between the value of security and the amount of loan sanctioned against these securities is known as:
Explain how credit rationing helps to control credit in an economy.
The central bank controls credit _____ .
Match the following and select the correct option:
| Column A | Column B | ||
| (i) | A rate of interest at which the central bank (RBI) lends money to member commercial banks to meet they long term needs. | A. | Cash Reserve Ratio |
| (ii) | A rate of interest at which RBI lends money to commercial banks to meet their short term needs. | B. | Statutory liquidity ratio |
| (iii) | A minimum percentage of total deposits kept by banks with the Central Bank. | C. | Repo rate |
| (iv) | A minimum percentage of total deposits to be kept by banks inform of liquid assets with themselves. | D. | Bank rate |
Read the following statements - Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose one of the correct alternatives given below:
Assertion (A): Bank rate is a quantitative instrument of monetary policy.
Reason (R): During inflation, RBI reduces the bank rate.
Define the term Statutory Liquidity Ratio.
Define the following term:
Cash Reserve Ratio.
Define the following term:
Margin Requirements.
Give an example of margin requirements.
