TIRANA, October 9 /ATA/ The Bank of Albania reported that in Tuesday’s auction, there were issued 3-month treasury bills at an average interest rate of 1%, with a slight increase from the level of 0.93% of the previous auction.
According to the BoA, the 12-month T-bills were issued at an average interest rate of 1.77%, the same as in the previous auction.
Meanwhile, there was recorded a slight increase in the two-year bond coupon, which increased to 2.2% in September, from 2.08% that had been in the previous auction, held in July.
The Bank of Albania appreciated that for the time being the financial markets are calm and interest rates remain at low levels, both in the government debt financing market and in lending to the private sector. /j.p/p.s./
