
The Ministry of Finance of Moldova is studying the possibility of issuing state bonds with maturities of 7 and 10 years with a fixed interest rate.
The financial department reported this, noting that the Ministry of Finance intends to diversify its debt portfolio, increase the maturity of issued government securities and gradually increase the share of long-term government securities in circulation. The Ministry of Finance stressed that the development of the domestic market for government securities is a long-term strategic goal of the Ministry of Finance, which is mentioned annually in the Public Debt Management Program for the medium term. And one of the actions of the Ministry of Finance in the medium term to achieve this goal is to increase the maturity of government securities issued into the market, and a gradual increase in the share of long-term government securities in circulation. The department clarified that the Ministry of Finance regularly issues government bonds with a maturity of 2 years, 3 and 5 years with a fixed and / or floating interest rate. At auctions in November of this year, the annual interest rate on these financial instruments was 5.7%, 5.9% and 6.2%, respectively, which is much higher than the annual inflation rate of 0.93% in November 2020. The share of government bonds in the total volume of government securities issued in the primary market in circulation as of November 30, 2020 amounted to 17.2% (2.5 billion lei at par value). As noted by the financial department, an increase in the maturity of government securities is important not only in the process of public debt management, since it reduces the refinancing risk associated with the debt portfolio and does not put pressure on the stability of public debt as a whole, but also provides a guideline for economic agents in studying the possibility of a long-term lending. It is emphasized that therefore the Ministry of Finance is currently exploring the possibility of issuing government bonds with maturities of 7 and 10 years with a fixed interest rate. Proposals from potential investors regarding the volume and level of interest rates on such bonds can be sent by the end of December to the email address olesea.friscu@mf.gov.md. // 18.12.2020 - InfoMarket.