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Finance Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffour is optimistic inflows from yesterday’s oversubscribed five year bond issue would help stabilize the cedi.The bond was oversubscribed by a record high of almost 300 percent.Whilst Government sought to raise 300 million Ghana cedis, it received a little over one billion Ghana cedis from investors.It however accepted almost 900 million from investors and returned the rest.The bond will have a yield of 23 percent as returns for investors, though some wanted 32 percent. The subscription represents a record interest shown by investors in a government bond for long while.
About 90 percent of the bids came from foreign investors.Dr. Duffour tells Joy Business this is a sign of continued confidence in the economy despite concerns about the country’s fiscal position.
Analysts are however attributing the oversubscription to higher yields offered investors.
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