HDFC Bank reported a slight miss (of 2%) on PAT, which came in at Rs167bn/1.8% RoA, primarily due to slower credit growth and higher provisions. Deposit growth remains healthy at 16% YoY/2.5% QoQ (up by Rs0.6trn QoQ), but credit growth fell to a new low of 3% YoY as the bank focused on LDR management (down by160bps QoQ to 98%).