
The weighted average rate on government securities (GS) of Moldova for the first 3 months of 2021 amounted to 4.98% per annum.
This is 0.03 percentage points higher than in the first 2 months of 2021 (4.95% per annum). The rate decreased by 0.47 percentage points year on year. At the end of January-March 2021, the weighted average yield of government securities by type was as follows: 91 days - 3.35%; 182 days - 4.93%; 364 days - 5.49%; 2 years - 5.48%; 3 years - 5.85%; 5 years - 6.10% per annum. The weighted average rate on all types of securities in January was 4.96% per annum, in February - 4.95% per annum, in March - 5.04% per annum. The growth of the weighted average rate on all types of securities in March is due to the fact that a larger volume of medium-term securities (with maturities of 2, 3 and 5 years) were issued, for which the rate is higher than for short-term ones. As InfoMarket reported, on April 21, 2021, the Ministry of Finance for the first time in history sold government securities with a maturity of 7 years. Securities worth 70 million lei were put up at a fixed rate of 6.5% per annum, there were sold securities worth 74.99 million lei. // 22.04.2021 - InfoMarket.