Cairo – Mubasher: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) will offer treasury bonds (T-bonds) worth EGP 9 billion on Monday on behalf of the Ministry of Finance.

The first tranche of the T-bonds will be offered through two-year notes valued at EGP 7 billion, while the second tranche is worth EGP 1.25 billion and will be offered through five-year notes, the CBE said on its official website.

The CBE will also offer 10-year T-bonds worth EGP 750 million.

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

In September, the CBE’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to leave interest rates on hold for the seventh time in a row.

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

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