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NTMA meets Irish 'debt repayment milestone'
Agency’s latest figures show that it has repaid 43% of its senior debt liabilities ahead of schedule.
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Agency’s latest figures show that it has repaid 43% of its senior debt liabilities ahead of schedule.
The T-Bills were sold at a yield of 0.19 per cent.
The NTMA cancels €500 million of debts due to mature next month, after buying the bonds on the second-hand market.
The NTMA planned to raise about €3bn in an auction – but got bids for over four times as much, leading to the sale of €5bn.
The short-notice auction is the biggest since we were bailed out – and helps build up a cash buffer ahead of fiscal independence.
The almost entirely State-owned bank raises €500 million by selling a bond which is not guaranteed by the government.
The bank has become the first bailed-out lender to raise money on the open markets, raising €1 billion in a bond auction.
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The NTMA successfully raises €500 million at a cost far lower than two months ago.
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The first auction will be held on Thursday.
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The EFSF issues a new round of 6-month bills – with interest rates significantly lower than at the same time last month.
What downgrade? Italy flogs billions in 12-year bonds with interest rates falling dramatically on a similar bond last month.
The EFSF sells six-month bills with an average interest rate of 0.2664 per cent – despite being downgraded yesterday.
Spain sees the interest rate for 12-month bonds fall significantly, while Belgium has mixed results in an auction of its own.
Germany this morning issued a new batch of 6-month bills – and demand was so intense that the yield is negative.
There’s little respite for Greece, though, which is asked to pay a higher yield on an experimental auction of short-term bonds.
Italy faces its highest cost of borrowing ever, raising €3.5bn through the sale of three-year bonds at rates of 7.9 per cent.
Belgium successfully raises €450m in a bond auction, but pays its highest yield since 2000 – up by 1.3 per cent from last month.
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Germany issues €6bn in 10-year bonds – but only €3.8bn were sold, leaving the central bank to step in and buy the rest.
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The National Treasury Management Agency raises some more short-term cash – but sells off less than the maximum.
The NTMA sells off 5- and 7-month bonds at smaller yields than two weeks ago, despite the spike in 10-year bond rates.
Today’s auction of government bonds results in more expensive yields than before.