RBA buys A$2B govt bonds mainly in 2025, 2024

By Sophia Rodrigues

Published On 07 Apr 2020 , 04:39 PM

The RBA bought the entire A$2 billion of April 2024-April 2026 government bonds today, focusing mainly on the 2025 and the 2024 bonds. 

Following is the result of the auction:

Issuer Coupon
%
Maturity
mm/yy
Amount purchased
(face value)
$m
Weighted average yield
%
Cut-off yield
%
CGS 2.75 04/24 733 0.3231 0.3200
CGS 3.25 04/25 1073 0.4163 0.4125
CGS 4.25 04/26 194 0.5173 0.5125

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