State Debt Rates Hit 2-Year High at 7.72% | Indian Finance News
By Rediff Money Desk, MUMBAI Jan 09, 2024 19:49
Indian states continue to pay high interest rates on debt, reaching a 2-year high of 7.72% in the latest auction. The spread between state bonds and G-secs also widened. Read more.
Mumbai, Jan 9 (PTI) The weighted average rates of state debt continued to remain at an over two-year high of 7.72 per cent at the second weekly auction of the quarter on Tuesday, making it the highest so far this fiscal.
Accordingly, the spread between 10-year state bonds and benchmark G-sec yield also remained firm at 54 bps, with both inching up by 1 bps from the previous week, according to a note by Icra Ratings' chief economist Aditi Nayar.
Nine states raised Rs 19,300 crore from the market selling government securities, which was 34 per cent lower than the amount indicated for this week in the auction calendar.
Despite lower supply, the weighted average cut-off inched up to 7.72 per cent, which is the highest so far in FY24 from 7.71 per cent last week.
The payout increased in spite of the weighted average tenor remaining unchanged at 11 years.
Both this had the spread between the cut-off of the 10-year state bonds and the 10-year benchmark G-sec yield inching up to 54 bps from 53 bps last week, which again is the highest so far this fiscal. Both the rates are also at an over two-year high.
Cumulatively, the state borrowed Rs 6.4 lakh crore from the market so far this fiscal, which is 34 per cent more than they had raised a year ago at Rs 4.8 lakh crore, according to Nayar.
Accordingly, the spread between 10-year state bonds and benchmark G-sec yield also remained firm at 54 bps, with both inching up by 1 bps from the previous week, according to a note by Icra Ratings' chief economist Aditi Nayar.
Nine states raised Rs 19,300 crore from the market selling government securities, which was 34 per cent lower than the amount indicated for this week in the auction calendar.
Despite lower supply, the weighted average cut-off inched up to 7.72 per cent, which is the highest so far in FY24 from 7.71 per cent last week.
The payout increased in spite of the weighted average tenor remaining unchanged at 11 years.
Both this had the spread between the cut-off of the 10-year state bonds and the 10-year benchmark G-sec yield inching up to 54 bps from 53 bps last week, which again is the highest so far this fiscal. Both the rates are also at an over two-year high.
Cumulatively, the state borrowed Rs 6.4 lakh crore from the market so far this fiscal, which is 34 per cent more than they had raised a year ago at Rs 4.8 lakh crore, according to Nayar.
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