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I think the culprit is recent C/D ratio. HDFC Bank should have been more vigilant on this.

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yeah, the point is how competition is willing to sacrifice NIMs to gain deposit share now. Both ICICI and Axis had great QoQ growth in recently announced Q3FY24 but it came on cost of major NIMs compression. This can be the double-trouble moment for HDFC to gain strong deposits + expand NIMs.

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Liquidity is sine qua non for any business and of course far much more critical for a banking player. Liquidity is like oxygen for bank and therefore all banks including the likes of HDFC, ICICI and Axis have to raise more liability than more assets. See, there is serious liquidity crisis at all banks and therefore the demand for liquidity has crossed INR 3 trln recently.

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So true, I don't know when RBI intervenes, its getting worse now. Maybe RBI is waiting for Election spending to happen but I believe it still takes time before that reaches the banks, RBI needs to action sooner.

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