RBA total bond-buying via auction A$46.5B to date

By Sophia Rodrigues

Published On 20 Apr 2020 , 05:07 PM

RBA buys entire A$500 million at today's bond-buying auction. 

Following today's purchase, the RBA has bought a total A$46.5 billion of bonds, including A$8.5 billion of semis.

Below are the details:

Issuer Coupon
%
Maturity
mm/yy
Amount purchased
(face value) $m
Weighted average yield
%
Cut-off yield
%
CGS 3.25 04/29 355 0.7736 0.7725
CGS 2.75 11/29 145 0.8029 0.8025

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