{"id":162973,"date":"2024-03-18T18:58:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/18\/govt-secures-ghc5-36bn-as-interest-rates-continue-to-fall\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T18:58:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:58:03","slug":"govt-secures-ghc5-36bn-as-interest-rates-continue-to-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/18\/govt-secures-ghc5-36bn-as-interest-rates-continue-to-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t secures GHC5.36bn as interest rates continue to fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Interest rates have fallen again despite the surge in the demand for treasury bills, per the Bank of Ghana\u2019s latest auction results.<\/p>\n<p>The interest rates fell reflecting lower inflation and the elevated risks as projected by analysts and economic institutions.<\/p>\n<p>This is the eleventh consecutive time the interest rates have fallen.<\/p>\n<p>The yield on the 91-day bill eased marginally from 26.74 percent to 26.50 percent. That of the 182-day slightly went down to 29 percent from 29.24 percent the previous week.<\/p>\n<p>Again, interest rate for the 364-day bill fell from 29.85 percent to 29.60 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, there was a 38 percent oversubscription of the bids tendered after the government secured GH\u00a25.36 billion from the auction despite the target of GH\u00a2 3.89 billion.<\/p>\n<p>A chunk of the auction came from the 91-day bill, where all the GH\u00a23.728 billion tendered was accepted.<\/p>\n<p>For the 182-day bill, about GH\u00a21.078 billion was tendered out of which GH\u00a21.067 billion was accepted with all the GH\u00a2574.31 for the 364-day bill being accepted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1029721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AUCTION-RESULTS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"815\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interest rates have fallen again despite the surge in the demand for treasury bills, per the Bank of Ghana\u2019s latest auction results. 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