Nigeria Auctions T-Bills at Record Yield as Policy Tightens
- One-year bills sold at a yield of 22.1%, the highest on record
- Central bank raised benchmark rates again earlier in the week
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Nigerian Treasury bills were auctioned at a record high yield on Wednesday, a day after the central bank raised interest rates again in a bid to tackle inflation and support the nation’s currency.
The Central Bank of Nigeria sold 258.4 billion naira ($163 million) of one-year bills at a yield of 22.1%, the highest on record according to the data tracked by Bloomberg. Investor bids amounted to 1.37 times the amount of the securities on offer.