Treasury bills oversubscribed by 250 pc
By Mnaku Mbani
The treasury bills floated by the Bank of Tanzania
yesterday were oversubscribed by more than 250 per cent, which indicate
investors’ appetite on government securities.The TB auction results published by Bank of
Tanzania has shown that the government wanted to borrow Tsh139.5 billion but
Tsh506.6 billion were tendered.
The auction attracted a total of 218 bids but only
68 with a total amount of Tsh135.5 billion were successful.
This indicated that the Bank of Tanzania will now
refund a total of Tsh371 billion to investors who are both individuals and
corporate.
More bidders were recorded on six month and one
year maturities while the three months maturity attracted no bidders.
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