Compiled By: Prince Henry Danquah, Bora Capital Advisors Ltd.
The Government of Ghana missed its treasury bills target by a significant 55%, the biggest undersubscription recorded so far this year.
This is coming after it posted a 23% oversubscription of the short-term instruments the previous week.
According to trading results by the Bank of Ghana, the government got GH¢2.92 billion of the short-term instruments as against a target of GH¢6.57 billion.
It, however, accepted GH¢2.08 billion of the total bids.
A little over 71.2% of the bids came from the 91-day bill compared with 83% the preceding week. About GH¢2.085 billion of the bids were tendered.
The uptake was GH¢2.080 billion. For the 182-day bill, GH¢704.6 million of the bids were tendered.
The bids accepted were estimated to the tune of GH¢699 million.
Also, GH¢136.5 million of the bids were tendered for the 364-day bill. About GH¢110 million of the bids were accepted.
Source: newsthemegh.com