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Investor Interest In Treasury Bills Soar Despite Debt Restructuring Programme

Investor Interest In Treasury Bills Soar Despite Debt Restructuring Programme

Investor interest in Treasury securities inched up significantly despite the expected announcement of a debt restructuring programme by the government. Government treasury bills sales grew by 49.3% week-on-week, as it got ¢2.76 billion during the last auction Thursday, December 2, 2022. This is the third week running that the government T-bills have been oversubscribed. Following the announcement of ‘haircut’ for government bonds, investors are now migrating to short-term securities, hence the growing interest. For the first time in several months, the 182-day T bills also recorded huge participation as bids tendered were estimated at ¢519.87 million. ¢502.01 million was however…
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