Egypt issues T-bonds worth EGP 5.2bn 7 Dec

Cairo-Mubasher: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) will offer treasury bonds at a total value of EGP 5.2 billion in a public auction Monday to finance the state's budget deficit.

The first five-year issue is worth EGP 3 billion, while the second 10-year issue is valued at EGP 2.250 billion.

Egypt’s budget deficit reached EGP 68.3 billion, or 2.4% of the GDP, during the period July- August 2015/2016, according to the monthly report of the Ministry of Finance.

Mubasher Contribution Time: 07-Dec-2015 07:08 (GMT)