BANKING AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Repo rate is the rate charged on the secured loans offered by the Central bank to the commercial banks that includes collateral. It is usually conducted for the sale and repurchase of Govt securities and short-term treasury bills at a future date.

Detailed explanation-2: -2.2. Repo is a money market instrument, which enables collateralised short term borrowing and lending through sale/purchase operations in debt instruments. Under a repo transaction, a holder of securities sells them to an investor with an agreement to repurchase at a predetermined date and rate.

Detailed explanation-3: -A repurchase agreement is a contractual arrangement between two parties, where one party agrees to sell securities to another party at a specified price with a commitment to buy the securities back at a later date for another (usually higher) specified price.

Detailed explanation-4: -Banks sell their securities to RBI to get loans at repo rate, with an agreement to buy back (repurchase) the securities from RBI at a later date. This is the significance of repurchase in repo rate.

Detailed explanation-5: -Definition: Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country (Reserve Bank of India in case of India) lends money to commercial banks in the event of any shortfall of funds. Repo rate is used by monetary authorities to control inflation.