Following the exemption of Treasury bills from the domestic debt exchange programme, investor interest in the short-term securities continue to rise sharply.
This is coming after the government recorded about 73% oversubscription of T-bills sale.
According to auction results from the Bank of Ghana, the government obtained a total of ¢3.15 billion from the Treasury bills sale that took place on Friday, December 9, 2022.
This shows that demand for the money market instrument is soaring because government bonds have been affected by the domestic debt restructuring.
Though a chunk of the transaction came from the 91-day T-bill, the 182-day bill also recorded some significant sale. This clearly shows that investor interest in the short-term securities is growing, .
Liquidity in that regard has witnessed immense improvement for the third week running.
The bids tendered for the 91-day T-bills were estimated at ¢2.19 billion. The government however accepted ¢1.422 billion of the bids.
Again, the bids tendered for the 182-day T-bill were estimated at ¢986.61 million. ¢921.21 million was however accepted.
For the 364-day bill, ¢62.29 million worth of bids were tendered in, whilst ¢62.12 million were accepted.
Interest rates fall
Meanwhile, interest rates on the short-term market fell for the first time since January 2022.
Whilst the 91-day T-bill yield dropped by 0.54% to 35.58%, that of the 182-bill also fell to 36.5%, from 37.2% recorded a week ago.
If the trend continues, lending rates are expected to fall.
Below is the auction results published by the Bank of Ghana
Securities | Bids Tendered (GH¢) | Bids Accepted (GH¢) |
91 Day Bill | 2.109 billion | 1.422 billion |
182 Day Bill | 986.61 million | 921.21 million |
364-Day Bill | 62.29 | 62.12 |
Total | 3.157 billion | 2.405 billion |
Target | 1.816 billion | 1.816 billion |
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