T-bills auction: Government records 16% undersubscription; interest rates record mixed performance across yield curve

Demand for treasury bills slumped as the government missed its treasury bills target for the first time in several weeks.

According to the Bank of Ghana’s auction results, the government recorded an undersubscription of 16%.

The Treasury received GH¢4.17 billion of the total bids but accepted GH¢3.48 billion.

According to the auction results, the majority of the bids came from the 91-day instrument.

A little over GH¢2.9 billion of the bids were tendered, representing 70.5% of the total bids. The uptake was, however, about GH¢2.2 billion.

The 182-day bill received bids of about GH¢1.1 billion. The bids accepted were GH¢692.30.

For the 364-day bill, a little above GH¢1.1 billion in bids were tendered. The Treasury accepted GH¢ 587.61 million of the bids.

Meanwhile, interest rates recorded mixed performance on the yield curve.

The yield on the 91-day bill increased by 2.0 basis points to 4.62%.

Similarly, the yield on the 182-day bill went up to 6.31% from 6.27% the previous week.

However, the yield on the 364-day bill dropped by 4.0 basis points to 9.71%.

SECURITIES

BIDS TENDERED (GH¢)

BIDS ACCEPTED

(

GH¢)

91 Day Bill 2.944bn2.202bn182 Day Bill1.109bn692.30m364 Day Bill1.117bn587.61m

Total

4.173bn3.481bn

Target

5.019bn