Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 11

14-Mar-2011

Bahrain

CBB Treasury Bills Oversubscribed Despite Bahraini Unrest

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announced that its recent issues of Government Treasury Bills (T-bills) namely a BD20mn ($53mn) monthly issue carrying a maturity of 182 days, this quarters BD50mn ($133mn) issue carrying a maturity of 12 months and last weeks BD25mn ($66mn) issue carrying a maturity of 91 days were oversubscribed by 250%, 211% and 282% respectively. The...