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Banks’ sectoral credit deployment data for Jul’23 (as of 28 Jul’23) suggests non-food credit stands at INR 147.8trn, up 19.8% YoY on reported basis. However, the reported July’23 data includes the impact of merger of a non-bank with a bank, hence is not comparable. Adjusted for the merger, we calculate non-food credit systemic growth stands at 14.8% YoY and -1.4% MoM. There is moderation in adjusted credit growth YoY for all four sub-segments. Growth trend across verticals was as follows: 19.4% YoY (26.7% in Jun’23) and (2.5%) MoM in services, 18.4% YoY (20.9% in Jun’23) and (0.1%) MoM in retail; 16.8% YoY (19.7% in Jun’23) and (0.6%) MoM in agriculture and, lastly, 5.2% YoY (8.1% in Jun’23) and (2.2%) MoM in industry. Sector-specific nuances are mentioned hereunder:

* On MoM basis, incremental contraction in Jul’23 was seen to the extent of INR 969bn in services followed by INR 770bn in industry, INR 101bn in agri and lastly INR 46bn in retail. Important to note is that date for Jun’23 is period-end as against 28th for Jul’23; hence, there appears a downward bias in MoM calculation for the month of Jul’23.

* Growth in Services, after coming in at multi-month high of 26.7% in Jun’23, moderated to 19.4% YoY. Heavyweight NBFC segment saw a steep decline in growth to 23.6% YoY vs its past 12-month average of >30%. Other services growth also moderated to 19.9% YoY, similar to its past 12- month average, but well below 33.8% in Jun’23. Trade growth was steady at 17.1% YoY

* Growth in Services, after coming in at multi-month high of 26.7% in Jun’23, moderated to 19.4% YoY. Heavyweight NBFC segment saw a steep decline in growth to 23.6% YoY vs its past 12-month average of >30%. Other services growth also moderated to 19.9% YoY, similar to its past 12- month average, but well below 33.8% in Jun’23. Trade growth was steady at 17.1% YoY

Agri growth also moderated to 16.8% vs 19.7% YoY in Jun’23.

Industry vertical growth slumped to a 22-month low of 5.2% YoY and contracted 2.2% MoM. Within industry, micro/small industry credit was at 10.2% YoY (13.0% in Jun’23), medium industry was up 9.7% YoY (13.2% in Jun’23) and large industry was up 4.3% YoY (6.4% in Jun’23). On MoM basis, growth moderation was seen across all the above 3 sub-verticals.

* Within industry, petroleum, coal products & nuclear fuels segment growth slumped to a negative 0.4% YoY vs YoY run-rate of 27-40%. Basic metal & metal product growth continued to be strong at 18.5% YoY. However, growth in heavyweight infrastructure (9.3% of overall credit) continues to be subdued at <2% YoY. Within infra, power credit book declined 1.7% YoY. Telecom growth was up 1.8% YoY after being negative YoY for the past 6 months ending Jun’23. Road growth has also declined to low single digit vs double digits earlier.

* Retail loanbook moderated slightly to 18.4% YoY (in Jul’23?) vs 19-20% run-rate. The moderation seems due to housing book, which comprises 47% of total retail loans.

* Adjusted housing growth has declined to 13.1% YoY (16-month low) vs an average of 15.3% in the past 12 months. At the same time, there is sharp rise in PSL housing and sharp moderation in non-PSL housing for the month of Jul’23. We would look for more data-points to establish a trend here.

* Growth in credit card and other personal loans remains strong at 31.2% YoY and 24.2% YoY respectively, though a bit moderate as compared to Jun’23. Vehicle loan growth continues to be steady above 20% (it was up 21.2% YoY for Jul’23). 

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