Cairo – Mubasher: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) will offer treasury bills and bonds worth EGP 23.5 billion on Monday on behalf of the Ministry of Finance.

The first tranche of the T-bills will be offered through 182-day notes worth EGP 10.5 billion, while the second tranche is worth EGP 7 billion and will be offered through 357-day notes, the CBE said on its official website.

The CBE will also offer five-year T-bonds worth EGP 6 billion. 

The issuance will be used to finance the country’s budget deficit. State-run banks are the top purchasers of the government debt instruments.

It is noteworthy to mention that banks were closed from Wednesday, 12 May, to Sunday, 16 May, on the occasion of Eid El-Fitr. 

In April, the CBE’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to leave interest rates unchanged for the third time in a row in 2021.

In November 2020, the MPC reduced the overnight deposit rate, the overnight lending rate, and the rate of the main operation by 0.5% to 8.25%, 9.25%, and 8.75%, respectively.

In June 2020, the Minister of Finance, Mohamed Maait, issued a decision to establish a unit at the Egyptian Tax Authority to follow up on the collection and supply of taxes on returns of T-bills and bonds.

In May 2020, Egypt secured a $2.7 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the rapid financing instrument (RFI).