What are SLR, CRR, CAR, Repo and reverse repo ?

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SLR, CRR, CAR, Repo and reverse repo are terms related to banking and finance.

SLR stands for Statutory Liquidity Ratio and is the percentage of deposits that banks have to maintain in the form of liquid assets such as cash, gold, or government securities.
CRR stands for Cash Reserve Ratio and is the percentage of deposits that banks have to keep with the central bank as a reserve.
CAR stands for Capital Adequacy Ratio and is the ratio of a bank's capital to its risk-weighted assets. It is used to measure a bank's ability to absorb losses.
Repo is a short-term borrowing by selling securities to another party with an agreement to repurchase them at a higher price.
Reverse repo is the opposite of repo, where the central bank buys securities from banks with an agreement to sell them back at a later date.

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