The sudden revision has raised concerns among the car buyers and automakers, while according to the experts, it is likely to have minimal impact on interest rates.
View PhotosRBI has revised the repo rate and CRR by 40 bps and 50 bps, respectively.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) pulled a surprise announcing a hike of 40 basis points (bps) or 0.40 per cent on its lending rate to commercial banks and a 50 bps or 0.50 per cent increase in the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR). After a hiatus of four years, the repo rate has gone up to 4.40 per cent from the previous 4 per cent, while CRR has been hiked to 4.5 per cent. And the sudden revision has raised concerns among car buyers and automakers on the impact it will likely have on sales.
Vinkesh Gulati, President, Federation of Automobile Dealers’ Association (FADA) said, “The RBI’s move of increasing repo rate by 40 bps has clearly taken everyone off guard. This move will curb excess liquidity in the system and will make auto loans expensive.”
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RBI has announced a hike of 40 basis points (bps) or 0.40 per cent on its lending rate to commercial banks and a 50 bps or 0.50 per cent increase in the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR).
The revisions made by the central bank are likely to have a nominal impact on interest rates on loans. But according to our sources in the State Bank of India (SBI), interest rates on any loan across sectors will not see an upward revision exceeding 0.40 per cent. In fact, the hike made by commercial banks is likely to be well within the 40 bps mark and same goes for car loans. At present, interest rates on car loans mostly range from 7.4 per cent – 8.3 per cent across the banking sector which could be revised to a maximum of 7.8 per cent – 8.7 per cent, if commercial banks decide to pass on the entire burden on customers.
For your perspective, increase in actual interest per lakh is likely to be just ₹ 400 per annum (P.A.) if the entire burden is passed on, which in-turn will be an increase of ₹ 33.33 per lakh per month. So let’s say if you take a loan of ₹ 10 lakh, your interest rate is likely to go up by a maximum of ₹ 4000 P.A. which will translate into a increase of ₹ 333.33 in your monthly car loan EMIs.
At the moment, pacing up production in a bid to mainting adequate inventory and reducing long waiting periods remains the bigger concern of automakers and stakeholders.
Sharing his views with carandbike, R C Bhargava, Chairman – Maruti Suzuki said, “We already have a huge backlog due to chip shortage, so the revision in rates won’t have a major impact on our sales. It’s a nominal revision so interest rates will have a very nominal affect, so customer sentiments won’t be severely impacted as they won’t really feel the impact.”
The industry has been bearing the brunt of a global supply crisis of semiconductors and at the moment, pacing up production in a bid to maintaining adequate inventory and reducing long waiting periods remains the bigger concern of automakers and stakeholders.
Increase in interest rate on both loans and desposits is likely to have impact on buyers’ sentiments.
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Even observers have said that 40 bps impact on interest and EMIs will be minimal. So, overall volume outlook remains more or less the same. The volume segments which range from ₹ 5 lakh to ₹ 18 lakh brackets (hatchbacks and compact cars and SUVs) will likely see a very nominal impact as the standard amount of loan taken for these cars ranges from ₹ 4 lakh – ₹ 12 lakh and the maximum increase in monthly EMIs in this case will be around ₹ 500. Having said that, the overall sentiment is likely to be one of caution, with rising fuel prices and periodic hikes by OEMs, since general buyers will take time to understand the impact of the quantum of the interest hike.
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