Amit Tripathi on monetary policy and Indian banks

Subtext by Zerodha · Jul 23, 2026 · 52m

We cover:

-What is the repo rate and why can't banks just borrow from RBI forever?

-Why banks' cost of funds has become delinked from the policy rate

-How liquidity (not just the repo rate) drives real interest rates

-The role of capital markets vs. banks in credit creation

-What the RBI's FCNR announcement really solved

-The future of Indian banking: securitization, efficiency & innovation

Timestamp:

0:00 Introduction

1:10 Breaking Down the CNBC Statement

5:17 What Is the Repo Rate?

8:40 How Banks Fund Themselves

11:13 CASA Ratio Declining & Rising Funding Costs

14:55 Liquidity, Balance of…