NBFC credit growth accelerated to 15.8% YoY in Aug'26, compared with 10.0% a year ago, with outstanding credit rising 1.3% MoM to Rs60.6 lakh crore. The growth was led by retail loans (+22.0% YoY) and agriculture (+17.4% YoY), while services credit grew 16.2% YoY and industrial credit remained subdued at 8.4% YoY. Within retail, gold loans grew 69.1% YoY, while consumer durables (+56.4%), vehicle loans (+15.4%) and housing (+12.1%) also remained strong. Services growth was supported by commercial real estate (+21.8% YoY) and trade (+15.6% YoY), though trade growth slowed from 21.4% a year ago. On a sequential basis, overall NBFC credit increased 1.3%, led by retail lending (+1.6%...