RBA buys A$810M of April 2025 govt bond

By Sophia Rodrigues

Published On 16 Apr 2020 , 12:00 AM

The RBA has bought the entire A$1.0 billion of government bonds it notified this morning, with 81% of the buying in the April 2025 bond.

Below is the result of the auction:

Issuer Coupon
%
Maturity
mm/yy
Amount purchased
(face value) $m
Weighted average yield
%
Cut-off yield
%
CGS 3.25 04/25 810 0.4259 0.4225
CGS 4.25 04/26 96 0.5225 0.5225
CGS 4.75 04/27 94 0.6149 0.6125

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