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Egypt Treasury bills · auction of 18 September 2018

Egypt T-bill auction, 18 September 2018: 364-day at 19.30%, up 5 bps

At the Treasury bill auction dated 18 September 2018, the Central Bank of Egypt cleared the 91-day bill at 19.43% (up 12 basis points), the 182-day bill at 19.50% (up 7 basis points) and the 364-day bill at 19.30% (up 5 basis points). The rate shown is the weighted average yield of accepted bids.

The auction was fully subscribed: bids totalled EGP 35.8bn against EGP 25.0bn on offer, 143% of the amount sought, and EGP 29.9bn 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 18.83%, so the government is paying 47 basis points more than twelve months ago.

What this means for EGP 100,000

Worked from the published rate · information, not advice

EGP 19,296 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 119,296 after 12 months: EGP 19,296 in interest before any withholding tax, about EGP 1,608 a month.

That is EGP 48 more than the same money would have earned at the previous auction.

For shorter money: EGP 9,751 on the 182-day bill (6 months), EGP 4,859 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-day19.435%19.313%EGP 8.25bnEGP 9.77bnEGP 8.25bn
182-day19.501%19.435%EGP 8.25bnEGP 11.05bnEGP 8.25bn
364-day19.296%19.248%EGP 8.50bnEGP 15.01bnEGP 13.39bn

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

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