Bank credit growth remained healthy in Aug'26, with gross bank credit rising 19.1% YoY and 1.4% MoM to Rs223.9tn, while non-food credit grew 18.8% YoY. Growth stayed broad-based, agriculture credit expanded 17.2% YoY, industrial credit moderated to 18.2% YoY and services credit accelerated to 24.3% YoY. Within industry, growth was led by Medium Industries (+31.8% YoY) and MSMEs (+23.0% YoY), while services growth was supported by NBFCs (+37.5% YoY), commercial real estate (+22.5% YoY) and trade (+20.1% YoY). Retail credit improved to 16.9% YoY, driven by vehicle loans (+19.7% YoY) and continued strong growth in gold loans (+83.2% YoY), while credit card growth...