Ukraine's Finance Ministry borrowed UAH 34.7 billion (US$1.3 billion), US$1.2 billion, and EUR 277 million for the national budget at weekly bond auctions to place government domestic loan bonds in January-April 2020.
The weighted average yield on government bonds placement grew from 9.9% to 10.1% for securities in hryvnias and from 3.1% to 3.2% in dollars, while remaining at 2.2% in euros, according to the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).
Payments on government bonds and coupon yield over the period under review stood at UAH 86.2 billion (US$3.2 billion).
As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's Finance Ministry placed government domestic loan bonds worth UAH 277.6 billion (US$10.4 billion) at auctions in 2019, which was 3.5 times up against the figure reported in 2018.
Placement of bonds in U.S. dollars in 2019 stood at US$4.3 billion, which was 24.5% up against 2018, while those in euros declined by 23% year-on-year, to EUR 387 million.
