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Table 1. Bank Rate of the Presidency Banks, 1856 to 1920
CSVHow this table was made
Source: Reserve Bank of India, Banking and Monetary Statistics of India (Bombay, 1954), Section 8, Table No. 1, printed page 690. The machine-read text of this volume turns decimal points into asterisks and year labels into noise, so automated extraction recovered only 45 of the 65 years.
The table was therefore transcribed from the 600 dpi page image in four magnified panels, shown below, and then checked: each annual figure should sit close to the mean of its two half-years. Where it does not, the row is flagged rather than corrected. Blank cells are the printed .., meaning no figure was published.
| 1856 | 6.51 | ||||||||
| 1857 | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 1858 | 6.14 | ||||||||
| 1859 | 4.87 | ||||||||
| 1860 | 4.23 | ||||||||
| 1861 | 4.17 | ||||||||
| 1862 | 5.14 | ||||||||
| 1863 | 5.51 | ||||||||
| 1864 | 8.69 | ||||||||
| 1865 | 6.95 | ||||||||
| 1866 | 9.15 | ||||||||
| 1867 | 5.05 | ||||||||
| 1868 | 5.85 | ||||||||
| 1869 | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 1870 | 5.73 | 5.47 | 6.00 | 5.25 | 5.53 | 4.97 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.50 |
| 1871 | 4.72 | 4.94 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 4.95 | 4.93 | 5.00 | ||
| 1872 | 4.96 | 6.36 | 3.56 | 5.10 | 5.97 | 5.94 | 6.00 | ||
| 1873 | 3.93 | 4.15 | 3.71 | 4.63 | 6.09 | 6.00 | 6.19 | ||
| 1874 | 6.22 | 8.74 | 3.70 | 6.57 | 8.85 | 4.30 | 7.45 | 7.89 | 7.00 |
| 1875 | 5.66 | 6.48 | 4.84 | 7.23 | 6.55 | 7.92 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| 1876 | 6.76 | 7.42 | 6.11 | 6.98 | 8.35 | 5.62 | 6.38 | 6.75 | 6.00 |
| 1877 | 8.40 | 9.49 | 7.36 | 8.17 | 9.03 | 7.31 | 6.05 | 6.00 | 6.10 |
| 1878 | 5.28 | 6.53 | 4.03 | 6.09 | 7.18 | 5.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| 1879 | 6.34 | 7.27 | 5.42 | 6.67 | 8.05 | 5.29 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| 1880 | 4.65 | 5.39 | 3.91 | 5.01 | 5.72 | 4.30 | 5.97 | 6.47 | 4.27 |
| 1881 | 5.29 | 4.86 | 5.72 | 5.69 | 5.40 | 5.98 | 5.48 | 4.67 | 6.30 |
| 1882 | 6.60 | 8.18 | 5.02 | 6.10 | 8.08 | 4.13 | 6.21 | 8.29 | 4.13 |
| 1883 | 6.78 | 6.99 | 6.56 | 6.66 | 7.00 | 6.20 | 6.99 | 6.97 | 7.02 |
| 1884 | 6.38 | 8.81 | 3.95 | 6.60 | 9.03 | 4.17 | 6.27 | 8.42 | 4.13 |
| 1885 | 5.38 | 6.76 | 4.00 | 4.95 | 5.90 | 4.00 | 4.47 | 5.71 | 3.23 |
| 1886 | 6.04 | 5.92 | 6.15 | 6.42 | 6.35 | 6.50 | 5.56 | 5.48 | 5.64 |
| 1887 | 5.64 | 7.48 | 3.80 | 5.75 | 7.78 | 3.73 | 5.91 | 7.92 | 3.90 |
| 1888 | 5.46 | 5.74 | 5.18 | 5.70 | 5.90 | 5.51 | 5.61 | 5.78 | 6.44 |
| 1889 | 6.99 | 9.31 | 4.67 | 6.73 | 9.46 | 4.00 | 6.88 | 9.62 | 4.14 |
| 1890 | 5.79 | 8.26 | 3.32 | 6.24 | 9.21 | 3.28 | 5.73 | 8.14 | 3.32 |
| 1891 | 3.06 | 3.50 | 2.62 | 3.05 | 3.88 | 2.23 | 2.92 | 3.60 | 2.25 |
| 1892 | 3.50 | 3.88 | 3.11 | 3.50 | 3.97 | 3.64 | 3.50 | 4.83 | 3.07 |
| 1893 | 4.88 | 5.68 | 4.08 | 4.90 | 5.97 | 3.84 | 5.27 | 6.19 | 4.36 |
| 1894 | 5.39 | 7.42 | 3.36 | 5.60 | 7.55 | 3.46 | 5.01 | 6.72 | 3.31 |
| 1895 | 4.33 | 5.07 | 3.59 | 3.95 | 4.30 | 3.80 | 4.26 | 5.02 | 3.50 |
| 1896 | 5.69 | 5.77 | 5.61 | 5.47 | 5.85 | 5.10 | 5.64 | 6.00 | 5.28 |
| 1897 | 7.92 | 9.88 | 5.97 | 7.87 | 10.11 | 5.64 | 7.98 | 9.97 | 6.00 |
| 1898 | 8.06 | 11.02 | 5.11 | 8.29 | 12.03 | 4.55 | 7.80 | 11.09 | 4.51 |
| 1899 | 5.91 | 6.34 | 5.49 | 5.88 | 6.34 | 5.42 | 6.05 | 6.27 | 5.83 |
| 1900 | 5.34 | 6.41 | 4.27 | 5.34 | 6.90 | 3.70 | 5.87 | 7.24 | 4.50 |
| 1901 | 5.48 | 6.89 | 4.07 | 5.45 | 7.07 | 3.83 | 5.83 | 7.57 | 4.09 |
| 1902 | 4.86 | 6.17 | 3.55 | 4.84 | 6.25 | 3.43 | 5.51 | 7.00 | 4.02 |
| 1903 | 4.88 | 6.27 | 3.49 | 5.09 | 6.70 | 3.46 | 5.70 | 7.13 | 4.27 |
| 1904 | 4.87 | 5.56 | 4.19 | 4.48 | 5.15 | 3.82 | 5.24 | 6.42 | 4.07 |
| 1905 | 5.00 | 5.66 | 4.63 | 5.09 | 5.77 | 4.42 | 5.11 | 6.64 | 4.39 |
| 1906 | 6.42 | 6.95 | 5.88 | 6.26 | 7.24 | 5.28 | 6.09 | 7.15 | 5.64 |
| 1907 | 6.10 | 7.63 | 4.68 | 5.96 | 7.81 | 4.11 | 6.39 | 8.24 | 4.54 |
| 1908 | 5.83 | 7.42 | 4.24 | 5.93 | 7.84 | 4.02 | 6.38 | 8.38 | 4.38 |
| 1909 | 5.24 | 6.58 | 3.91 | 5.14 | 6.47 | 3.82 | 5.98 | 7.55 | 4.41 |
| 1910 | 5.33 | 6.14 | 4.51 | 5.16 | 6.19 | 4.14 | 5.91 | 7.17 | 4.65 |
| 1911 | 5.51 | 6.66 | 4.36 | 5.04 | 6.55 | 3.52 | 5.97 | 7.59 | 4.35 |
| 1912 | 5.42 | 6.24 | 4.59 | 5.05 | 6.01 | 4.10 | 6.05 | 7.51 | 4.59 |
| 1913 | 5.95 | 6.57 | 5.33 | 5.92 | 7.23 | 4.62 | 6.65 | 7.76 | 5.64 |
| 1914 | 5.45 | 5.94 | 4.96 | 5.40 | 6.52 | 5.28 | 5.89 | 6.83 | 5.16 |
| 1915 | 5.69 | 5.84 | 5.54 | 5.57 | 5.84 | 5.31 | 5.70 | 5.87 | 5.54 |
| 1916 | 6.78 | 7.25 | 6.32 | 6.41 | 7.18 | 5.65 | 7.09 | 7.71 | 6.48 |
| 1917 | 6.03 | 6.89 | 5.36 | 6.06 | 6.70 | 5.42 | 7.32 | 8.00 | 6.64 |
| 1918 | 5.54 | 5.77 | 5.30 | 5.54 | 5.79 | 5.20 | 6.85 | 6.92 | 6.47 |
| 1919 | 5.62 | 6.24 | 5.00 | 5.64 | 6.28 | 5.00 | 6.65 | 7.31 | 6.00 |
| 1920 | 6.06 | 6.58 | 5.66 | 6.36 | 6.98 | 5.73 | 6.20 | 6.00 | 6.41 |
Checks that did not pass 21 flags, left unresolved on purpose
- 1877 · Bank Of Bengal · annual 8.40 vs mean of halves 8.425 (halves 9.49, 7.36)
- 1880 · Bank Of Madras · annual 5.97 vs mean of halves 5.370 (halves 6.47, 4.27)
- 1883 · Bank Of Bombay · annual 6.66 vs mean of halves 6.600 (halves 7.00, 6.20)
- 1888 · Bank Of Madras · annual 5.61 vs mean of halves 6.110 (halves 5.78, 6.44)
- 1892 · Bank Of Bombay · annual 3.50 vs mean of halves 3.805 (halves 3.97, 3.64)
- 1892 · Bank Of Madras · annual 3.50 vs mean of halves 3.950 (halves 4.83, 3.07)
- 1894 · Bank Of Bombay · annual 5.60 vs mean of halves 5.505 (halves 7.55, 3.46)
- 1895 · Bank Of Bombay · annual 3.95 vs mean of halves 4.050 (halves 4.30, 3.80)
- 1898 · Bank Of Bombay · bombay_jan_jun = 12.03 outside plausible band 2-12% p.a.
- 1900 · Bank Of Bombay · annual 5.34 vs mean of halves 5.300 (halves 6.90, 3.70)
- 1905 · Bank Of Bengal · annual 5.00 vs mean of halves 5.145 (halves 5.66, 4.63)
- 1905 · Bank Of Madras · annual 5.11 vs mean of halves 5.515 (halves 6.64, 4.39)
- 1906 · Bank Of Madras · annual 6.09 vs mean of halves 6.395 (halves 7.15, 5.64)
- 1907 · Bank Of Bengal · annual 6.10 vs mean of halves 6.155 (halves 7.63, 4.68)
- 1913 · Bank Of Madras · annual 6.65 vs mean of halves 6.700 (halves 7.76, 5.64)
- 1914 · Bank Of Bombay · annual 5.40 vs mean of halves 5.900 (halves 6.52, 5.28)
- 1914 · Bank Of Madras · annual 5.89 vs mean of halves 5.995 (halves 6.83, 5.16)
- 1917 · Bank Of Bengal · annual 6.03 vs mean of halves 6.125 (halves 6.89, 5.36)
- 1918 · Bank Of Bombay · annual 5.54 vs mean of halves 5.495 (halves 5.79, 5.20)
- 1918 · Bank Of Madras · annual 6.85 vs mean of halves 6.695 (halves 6.92, 6.47)
- 1920 · Bank Of Bengal · annual 6.06 vs mean of halves 6.120 (halves 6.58, 5.66)
Table 2. Every change in the RBI Bank Rate, 1935 to 2002
CSV (annual)Source: RBI; IMF International Financial Statistics.
| Effective | Rate | Move |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul 1935 | 3.50% | first |
| 28 Nov 1935 | 3.00% | −0.50 |
| 15 Nov 1951 | 3.50% | +0.50 |
| 16 May 1957 | 4.00% | +0.50 |
| 3 Jan 1963 | 4.50% | +0.50 |
| 26 Sept 1964 | 5.00% | +0.50 |
| 17 Feb 1965 | 6.00% | +1.00 |
| 2 Mar 1968 | 5.00% | −1.00 |
| 9 Jan 1971 | 6.00% | +1.00 |
| 31 May 1973 | 7.00% | +1.00 |
| 23 Jul 1974 | 9.00% | +2.00 |
| 12 Jul 1981 | 10.00% | +1.00 |
| 4 Jul 1991 | 11.00% | +1.00 |
| 9 Oct 1991 | 12.00% | +1.00 |
| 16 Apr 1997 | 11.00% | −1.00 |
| 26 Jun 1997 | 10.00% | −1.00 |
| 22 Oct 1997 | 9.00% | −1.00 |
| 17 Jan 1998 | 11.00% | +2.00 |
| 19 Mar 1998 | 10.50% | −0.50 |
| 3 Apr 1998 | 10.00% | −0.50 |
| 29 Apr 1998 | 9.00% | −1.00 |
| 2 Mar 1999 | 8.00% | −1.00 |
| 2 Apr 2000 | 7.00% | −1.00 |
| 22 Jul 2000 | 8.00% | +1.00 |
| 17 Feb 2001 | 7.50% | −0.50 |
| 2 Mar 2001 | 7.00% | −0.50 |
| 23 Oct 2001 | 6.50% | −0.50 |
| 30 Oct 2002 | 6.25% | −0.25 |
The colonial account
Bills and telegraphic transfers sold in London by the Secretary of State Source: Statistical Abstract relating to British India. Download CSV
Net disbursements in England, excluding debt discharge and capital transactions Source: Statistical Abstract relating to British India. Download CSV
Source: Statistical Abstract relating to British India. Download CSV
Holdings at end-March (end-August for 1939); purchases excluded Source: RBI. Download CSV
Money and prices
Annual average; IMF par value where the rate was fixed Source: IMF; RBI; World Bank. Download CSV
Change in CPI Source: World Bank WDI. Download CSV
Real GDP growth Source: World Bank WDI. Download CSV
Exports plus imports Source: World Bank WDI. Download CSV
The external position
End of period, incl. gold Source: World Bank WDI. Download CSV
Total external debt Source: World Bank IDS. Download CSV
Source: World Bank WDI. Download CSV
Source: World Bank WDI. Download CSV
Oil
Posted or spot price Source: Energy Institute Statistical Review. Download CSV
Annual average Source: Energy Institute Statistical Review. Download CSV
