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Showing posts with label Margin Requirement. Show all posts

Monetary Policy – Qualitative Instruments to control money supply

Selective or Qualitative methods of credit control aim at regulating and controlling the allocation of credit among various users rather than influencing the general availability of credit.
These are broadly explained below:


1) Margin Requirement:

The commercial banks generally give loans to their customers against some securities. They do not give loans equal to the full amount of the value of security, but of an amount which is less than its value.


The margin requirement of loans refers to the difference between the current value of the security offered for loans and the value of loans granted.