As predicted, the government recorded a remarkable 264% oversubscription of treasury bills, a day after the finance minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, presented the Mid-Year Budget Review to Parliament.

According to data from the Bank of Ghana, demand for the short-term instruments reached its all-time high as investors submitted bids worth GH¢28.096 billion.

The government accepted GH¢15.160 billion of the bids as against a target of GH¢7.701 billion.

About GH¢13 billion of the bids tendered, representing about 47.8% came from the 91-day bill. The uptake was GH¢5.078 billion.

A little over GH¢8.719 billion was also tendered for the 182-day bill. However, GH¢5.723 billion was accepted.

For the 364-day bill, GH¢5.941 billion was tendered. About GH¢4.3 billion was accepted.

Meanwhile, interest rates tumbled significantly across the yield curve.

The yield on the 91-day bill went down by 289 basis points to 10.83%.

That of the 182-day bill fell to 13.22% from 14.61% a year ago.

The yield on the 364-day bill also declined by 43 basis points to 14.30%.

Many market watchers expect the government’s interest payments to fall significantly due to the decrease in yields.

SECURITIES	BIDS TENDERED (GH¢)	BIDS ACCEPTED (GH¢)
91 Day Bill	13.435bn	5.078bn
182 Day Bill	8.719bn	5.723bn
364 Day Bill	5.914bn	4.358bn
Total	28.096bn	15.106bn
Target	7.07bn