IMF Working Papers

Managing the Interest Rate Risk of Indian Banks’ Government Securities Holdings

By Amadou N Sy

April 1, 2005

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Amadou N Sy. Managing the Interest Rate Risk of Indian Banks’ Government Securities Holdings, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed October 16, 2024
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Summary

The large holdings of government securities by banks in India draw attention to their risk as interest rates are at historical low levels. This paper measures such a risk using duration and value-at-risk methods and assesses its current management by banks. The main finding is that some public sector and old private banks are vulnerable to a reversal of the interest rate cycle, while foreign and new private banks have built adequate defenses. In this regard, the paper makes a number of recommendations regarding government policies and individual bank practices to manage interest rate risk.

Subject: Banking, Capital adequacy requirements, Commercial banks, Government securities, Market risk

Keywords: A number of bank, Bank, Bank regulator, Banking system, Interest rate, Securities, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    17

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2005/078

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2005078

  • ISBN:

    9781451860979

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941