IMF Working Papers

Interest Rate Volatility and Risk in Indian Banking

January 1, 2004

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International Monetary Fund. "Interest Rate Volatility and Risk in Indian Banking", IMF Working Papers 2004, 017 (2004), accessed June 14, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451843569.001

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Summary

The easing of controls on interest rates has led to higher interest rate volatility in India. Hence, there is a need to measure and monitor the interest rate exposure of Indian banks. Using publicly available information, this paper attempts to assess the interest rate risk carried by a sample of Indian banks in March 2002. We find evidence of substantial exposure to interest rates.

Subject: Banking, Currencies, Financial institutions, Financial regulation and supervision, Financial services, Market risk, Money, Sovereign bonds, Stocks, Yield curve

Keywords: Affecting interest rate risk, Africa, Bank asset, Banks in India, Currencies, Equity capital, Exposure of bank, Indian banks, Interest rate derivative, Interest rate risk, Interest rate risk exposure, Interest rate shock, Interest rate volatility, Interest volatility, Market risk, Risk, Risk exposure, Risk measurement, Risk of a bank, Sovereign bonds, Stocks, Volatility setting, WP, Yield curve

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