The price of money · Uganda · week of 5 October
Sixty seconds on the price of money, ready to read on air
For any station, free: what the government paid to borrow this week, what that means for a listener’s savings, where the currency is, and the African average. Written by the same engine that compiles the data, from the central banks’ own figures, in English and Kiswahili. About 53 seconds at a presenter’s pace.
English
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This is the price of money in Uganda this week, from Afronomics.
At the latest Treasury bill auction, the government borrowed for one year at 11.0 percent, the same as the week before. The three-month bill cleared at 9.7 percent.
In plain terms: UGX 10,000,000 put into the one-year bill would earn about UGX 1,099,900 before tax over the year, roughly UGX 91,658 a month.
The Ugandan shilling is at 3933 to the dollar, weaker by 0.4 percent overnight.
Across Africa, the Afronomics Sovereign Bill Index, the average one-year rate in 10 markets, stands at 12.3 percent, down 7 basis points on the week.
The next Uganda result is expected around Thursday 15 October.
Every figure is from the central bank, and you can check it at afronomicsfeed dot com. Information, not advice.
Kiswahili
Maandishi
Hii ni bei ya pesa Uganda wiki hii, kutoka Afronomics.
Katika mnada wa hivi punde wa hati za hazina, serikali ilikopa kwa mwaka mmoja kwa riba ya asilimia 11 nukta 0, sawa na wiki iliyopita. Hati ya miezi mitatu iliuzwa kwa asilimia 9 nukta 7.
Kwa lugha rahisi: UGX 10,000,000 ukiweka kwenye hati ya mwaka mmoja, ungepata takriban UGX 1,099,900 kabla ya kodi kwa mwaka, yaani karibu UGX 91,658 kwa mwezi.
Shilingi ya Uganda iko 3933 kwa dola, imeshuka kwa asilimia 0.4 usiku kucha.
Barani Afrika, Fahirisi ya Afronomics ya hati za serikali, wastani wa riba ya mwaka mmoja katika masoko 10, iko asilimia 12 nukta 3, chini kwa pointi 7 wiki hii.
Matokeo yajayo ya Uganda yanatarajiwa karibu na tarehe 15.
Kila namba inatoka benki kuu, na unaweza kuihakiki kwenye afronomicsfeed dot com. Taarifa, si ushauri.