Government missed its target of Ghs 673 million for the 91-day and 181-day treasury bills auctioned on Friday, April 30, 2021.
This would be the fourth consecutive week government has missed its targets for treasury bills auctions.
Auctioning results published by the Bank of Ghana, indicate that government mobilized Ghs 573.22 million for both the 91-day and 182-day Treasury bills, as against the target of Ghs 673 million.
The tendered and accepted bids of Ghs 573.22 million – government accepted all bids – implies that government fell short of its target by 14.8 percent. .
Whilst, the interest cost of the 91-day T-Bills went up by 0.05 percent to 12.83 percent that of the 182-day bill fell by 0.05 percent to 13.52 percent.
Liquidity on the interbank market has been a bit tightened over the past few weeks, which have ultimately resulted in government not being able to raise more cash on the domestic debt market.
The liquidity challenges on the market is believed to be the result of the introduction of some new taxes and levies by government in the 2021 budget statement.
Bank of Ghana auction results:
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