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China Issues Two New Sets of Treasury Bonds

China's Ministry of Finance is this week issuing two new batches of book-entry treasury bonds with a face value of RMB25 bn.

 

The first batch, with a face value of RMB10 bn, will have a term length of 91 days and an issue price of RMB99.71. The annual interest rate will be 1.19 per cent. A second batch, with a face value of RMB15 bn, will have a term length of 273 days and an issue price of RMB98.99. Annual interest will be 1.37 per cent.

The Treasury bonds will began a three-day sale on 7  September with interest calculated on the same day. The bonds become tradable on 11 September.