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Egypt Treasury bills · auction of 14 August 2018

Egypt T-bill auction, 14 August 2018: 364-day at 18.81%, up 10 bps

At the Treasury bill auction dated 14 August 2018, the Central Bank of Egypt cleared the 91-day bill at 18.61% (up 2 basis points), the 182-day bill at 18.89% (down 3 basis points) and the 364-day bill at 18.81% (up 10 basis points). The rate shown is the weighted average yield of accepted bids.

The auction was fully subscribed: bids totalled EGP 36.5bn against EGP 25.0bn on offer, 146% of the amount sought, and EGP 23.2bn was accepted.

Over the past year the 364-day rate has ranged from 16.43% to 19.44%.

A year earlier the 364-day bill cleared at 19.35%, so the government is paying 53 basis points less than twelve months ago.

What this means for EGP 100,000

Worked from the published rate · information, not advice

EGP 18,814 in 12 months on the 364-day bill

Put EGP 100,000 into the 364-day bill at this auction and you get back EGP 118,814 after 12 months: EGP 18,814 in interest before any withholding tax, about EGP 1,568 a month.

That is EGP 103 more than the same money would have earned at the previous auction.

For shorter money: EGP 9,448 on the 182-day bill (6 months), EGP 4,654 on the 91-day bill (3 months).

The government pays the full amount at maturity; the risk is Egypt’s government not paying, and the money is locked until then.

Results

By tenor

TenorRatePreviousOfferedBidsAccepted
91-day18.615%18.596%EGP 8.25bnEGP 11.21bnEGP 8.04bn
182-day18.895%18.924%EGP 8.25bnEGP 12.33bnEGP 3.58bn
364-day18.814%18.711%EGP 8.50bnEGP 12.94bnEGP 11.61bn

Source: Central Bank of Egypt result · weighted average yield of accepted bids

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