T-bills: Government Records Marginal Oversubscription; But Interest Rates Hit 29.2%

Government’s Treasury bills sale were marginally oversubscribed as interest rates hit 29.2%.

According to the results from the Bank of Ghana, the government received bids worth ¢2.29 billion, about 4.04% oversubscription.

The government had in March 2023 forced interest rates to go down to 18.0% in March 2023, but the rates have been surging since then, raising some concerns about the government’s domestic debt restructuring programme.

All the short-term financial instruments have gone up by more than 4.0% since they went down sharply from the high of 35% some three months ago.

According to this auction result, the 91-day T-bill recorded the biggest jump in interest rates, as the yield shot up by 1.27% to 22.97%.

For the 364-day T-bill, the yield went up by 0.34% to 29.25%.

That of the 182-day bill also went up to 25.44%, from 24.97% recorded the previous week.

Meanwhile, the 91-day bill recorded the biggest uptake of 81.7% of the total T-bills subscription.

About ¢1.879 billion was offered by the investors in which the government accepted ¢1.861 billion.

For the 182-day T-bills, the government secured ¢304.16 million.

About ¢115.7 million was tendered by the investors for the 364-day bill in which the government accepted ¢112.60 million.