Thailand: BoT gives itself greater flexibility in bond issuances for 2020

• The central bank on 11 May 20 announced a revised bond issuance programme for 2020 to ensure an appropriate level of bond supply amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.
• The auction days and frequency will remain as announced at the beginning of 2020, but the central bank may consider adjusting the frequency of the auction of three-and six-month bills, and fixed-coupon bonds, if necessary, it said in a statement.
• Currently, 3- and 6-month bills are issued every week, and 1-year bills every month. 2-year fixed coupon bonds are issued every month and 3-year fixed coupon bonds are issued every odd month. 3-year floating rate bonds are issued every even month.
• The ranges of maximum and minimum issue size per auction are expanded to THB10bn-60bn for all maturities of Bank of Thailand (BoT) bills, it said.
• “This will allow greater flexibility in adjusting BoT bill issuance sizes to accommodate government funding plans and changes in investors’ demand,” it said.
• BoT said that monthly bond auction schedules will continue to be announced prior to the beginning of each month on the BOT website, as has been done in previous years.
• When necessary, BoT said it would make adjustments to the issue sizes during the month in cases where the demand for BOT bills and bonds change significantly from prior projections.

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