ICICI Bank hints at home loan rate hike (The Telegraph)

ICICI Bank hints at home loan rate hike (The Telegraph)
Mumbai, Feb. 8: ICICI Bank, the country s largest private sector bank, today indicated that interest on housing loans may become dearer by half a percentage point before the end of this fiscal because of tight liquidity conditions and a rise in cost of funds.

Consumers Reigning In Credit Debt (E-Commerce Times)
The government said that borrowing on credit cards, auto loans and other forms of consumer debt rose by 3 percent in 2005, down from rates above 4 percent in the previous three years and a 7.7 percent surge in 2001. It was the smallest increase since a 1 percent rise in 1992.