Standing Deposit FacilitySDF
स्थायी निक्षेप सुविधा
Also called SDF Rate, Deposit Collection Rate (floor)
NRB rules
NRB limit: SDF rate 2.75% (lower bound of the interest rate corridor)
NRB Monetary Policy 2082/83 (kept unchanged in the 2082/83 reviews and in NRB Monetary Policy 2083/84) · applies from . Limits change with each monetary policy and directive, so check the latest notice before the exam.
A standing window through which banks and financial institutions can deposit surplus funds with NRB at a fixed rate; its rate is the floor of the interest rate corridor.
Explained
The SDF lets NRB absorb surplus liquidity automatically. Banks that cannot lend their surplus in the interbank market at a better rate place it with NRB at the SDF rate. This keeps the interbank rate from falling far below the floor.
Rate history:
- Monetary Policy 2082/83 (11 July 2025): the deposit collection rate, the lower bound of the corridor, was cut from 3.0% to 2.75%.
- The first quarterly review (1 December 2025) kept the SDF rate at 2.75% while cutting the policy rate and ceiling.
- Monetary Policy 2083/84 kept the SDF rate unchanged.
The third quarterly review of 2082/83 said the arrangement for providing the SDF to BFIs would be reviewed to make the corridor more effective. Heavy use of the SDF is a sign of excess liquidity.
बैंक तथा वित्तीय संस्थाले आफ्नो अधिक रकम निश्चित दरमा राष्ट्र बैंकमा राख्न सक्ने स्थायी सुविधा; यसको दर ब्याजदर करिडोरको तल्लो सीमा हो।
व्याख्या
स्थायी निक्षेप सुविधाले राष्ट्र बैंकलाई अधिक तरलता स्वचालित रूपमा खिच्न मद्दत गर्छ। अन्तरबैंक बजारमा राम्रो दरमा सापटी दिन नसकेका बैंकले अधिक रकम स्थायी निक्षेप सुविधा दर मा राष्ट्र बैंकमा राख्छन्। यसले अन्तरबैंक दर तल्लो सीमाभन्दा धेरै तल झर्न दिँदैन।
दरको इतिहास:
- मौद्रिक नीति २०८२/८३ (११ जुलाई २०२५): करिडोरको तल्लो सीमाको निक्षेप संकलन दर ३.० बाट २.७५ प्रतिशत।
- पहिलो त्रैमासिक समीक्षा (२०८२ मंसिर १५): नीतिगत दर र माथिल्लो सीमा घटाउँदा पनि यो २.७५ प्रतिशत यथावत्।
- मौद्रिक नीति २०८३/८४ ले यथावत् राख्यो।
तेस्रो त्रैमासिक समीक्षाले करिडोर प्रभावकारी बनाउन बैंक तथा वित्तीय संस्थालाई स्थायी निक्षेप सुविधा उपलब्ध गराउने व्यवस्था पुनरावलोकन गरिने उल्लेख गरेको छ। यसको बढी प्रयोग अधिक तरलताको संकेत हो।
Related
Sources
- NRB Monetary Policy for 2025/26 (2082/83), EnglishNepal Rastra Bank
- NRB Monetary Policy 2082/83 First Quarterly ReviewNepal Rastra Bank
- NRB Monetary Policy 2082/83 Third Quarterly ReviewNepal Rastra Bank
- NRB Monetary Policy 2083/84Nepal Rastra Bank
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