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Demand for Azerbaijani Central Bank's notes exceeds supply

Finance Materials 18 September 2019 16:55 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 18

By Eldar Janashvili – Trend:

Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) held an auction for placement of short-term notes of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) worth 170 million manats with a maturity of 28 days, Trend reports referring to BSE.

The demand at the auction exceeded the supply by almost four times, as 16 investors filed 24 applications worth 676.775 million manats.

The cut-off price for competitive bids was set at 99.5158 manats (6.26 percent), the weighted average price also was 99.5158 manats (6.26 percent). The volume of notes placed at the auction amounted to 170 million manats.

The deadline for payment is Oct. 17, 2019.

The short-term notes are an instrument of monetary and credit policy for regulating the money stock in circulation. Only banks can acquire the notes.

(1 USD = 1.7 AZN on Sept. 18)

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