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SBI cuts benchmark lending rate by 0.05 per cent across maturities

SBI's move will trigger rate cut by other lenders. The bank had last cut the rate on Jan 1.

PTI Reported by: PTI Mumbai Published on: November 01, 2017 9:34 IST
With the reduction, the MCLR for one year has come down to
With the reduction, the MCLR for one year has come down to 7.95 per cent from 8 per cent, SBI said.

The country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) slashed benchmark lending rate by 0.05 per cent across maturities.

The reduction in marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) came after a gap of almost 10 months. The bank had last cut the rate on January 1.

The move by the SBI will trigger rate cut by other lenders.

With the reduction, the MCLR for one year has come down to 7.95 per cent from 8 per cent, SBI website said.

The new rate would be effective November 1, it said.

The MCLR on overnight borrowings has been reduced to 7.70 per cent from 7.75 per cent, while the lending rate for three-year tenure has been cut from 8.15 per cent to 8.10 per cent.

Similarly, the bank reduced the lending rate by similar percentage point for tenures including one month, three months, six months and two years.

Meanwhile another public sector lender Allahabad Bank also reduced the MCLR rate by 0.15 per cent across all tenor.

With the reduction, one year MCLR has come down to 8.30 per cent as against 8.45 per cent effective today.

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