The bills were oversubscribed by GH¢381.94, surpassing the week’s target of GH¢2.837 billion.
For the greater part of 2023, interest rates kept increasing to over 33% for the 365-day bill.
According to the latest auction results from the Bank of Ghana, interest rates for the 91-day and 182-day bills are currently standing at 29.19% and 31.74% respectively. Currently, inflation stands at 38.1%.
Ghana’s interest rate is still the highest in Africa standing at about 32%.
According to the Bank of Ghana results, all bids tendered in this week’s auction were not accepted.
The 91-day bill saw a total subscription of GH¢2.14 billion, GH¢595.72 billion was accepted from the 182-day bill and GH¢479.43 million was accepted from the 364-day bills.
The government has set its next auction target at GH¢2.63 billion.
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