Borrowing costs rise sharply for states on Ukraine-led geopolitical strife

Cut- off for state Development Loans up by 19 bps this week over auction held last week

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market borrowing | State govt market borrowings | State Development Loans

Abhijit Lele  |  Mumbai 


Reflecting the pressure from geopolitical tensions, the market borrowing for state governments turned costly as the cut- off for state development loans (SDL) shot up by 19 basis points this week over the auction held last week. The weighted average cut-off of the aggregate SDL issuance hardened by 19 bps to a FY2022-high of 7.29 per cent today from 7.10 per cent in the last auction.

The weighted average tenor of SDLs increased to 16 years from 13 years, rating agency Icra said. Madan Sabnavis, chief economist, Bank of Baroda said SDL yields show today that not only have the ...

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First Published: Tue, March 08 2022. 20:03 IST