T-bills auction: Government fails to meet target; interest rates fall sharply

T-bills auction: Government fails to meet target; interest rates fall sharply

The government failed to meet its treasury bills target after registering an undersubscription a week before.

According to the auction results by the Bank of Ghana, the government registered a 16% undersubscription of the sale of the short-term instruments.

It got GH¢5.292 billion from the T-bills auction, but rejected GH¢563.38 million of the bids tendered.  

About GH¢2.985 billion came from the 91-day bill, representing 56.38% of the total bids. All the bids accepted were accepted.

For the 182-day bill, GH¢869 million were tendered. The uptake was GH¢668.54 million.

A little over GH¢1.438 billion were also tendered for the 364-day bill.  About GH¢1.075 billion of the bids were accepted.

Meanwhile, interest rates continued to fall on the yield curve.  The yield on the 91-day bill declined by 12 basis points to 15.23%.

That of the 182-day also eased to 15.77% from 16.03% the previous week.  

The interest on the 364-day bill also dropped by a whopping 1.42 percentage points to 16.95%.

SECURITIESBIDS TENDERED (GH¢)BIDS ACCEPTED (GH¢)
91 Day Bill    2.985bn2.985bn
182 Day Bill869.04m668.54m
364 Day Bill1.438bn1.075bn
   
Total5.292bn4.729bn
Target6.323bn 

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