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Nigeria Treasury bills · auction of 4 August 2006

Nigeria T-bill auction, 4 August 2006: 364-day at 10.00%, down 400 bps

At the Treasury bill auction dated 4 August 2006, the Central Bank of Nigeria set stop rates on the 364-day bill at 10.00% (down 400 basis points). The rate shown is the stop (issue) rate at the primary auction.

Demand was strong: bids totalled NGN 66.3bn against NGN 25.0bn on offer, 265% of the amount sought, and NGN 25.0bn was accepted.

Over the past year the 364-day rate has ranged from 6.90% to 17.00%.

A year earlier the 364-day bill cleared at 10.50%, so the government is paying 50 basis points less than twelve months ago.

What this means for NGN 1,000,000

Worked from the published rate · information, not advice

NGN 100,000 in 12 months on the 364-day bill

Put NGN 1,000,000 into the 364-day bill at this auction and you get back NGN 1,100,000 after 12 months: NGN 100,000 in interest before any withholding tax, about NGN 8,333 a month.

That is NGN 40,000 less than the same money would have earned at the previous auction.

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

Results

By tenor

TenorRatePreviousOfferedBidsAccepted
364-day10.000%14.000%NGN 25.00bnNGN 66.29bnNGN 25.00bn

Source: Central Bank of Nigeria result · stop (issue) rate at the primary auction

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