Government bond success

After the auction, US$134.5 million of 5 - year bonds were sold at the coupon rate of 5.79% per year, 0.13% lower than that of the previous session. As for the 7 - year bonds, more than US$135 million was also raised at 6.35% per year. The 20 - year bond has no coupon rate. Thus, since the beginning of 2016, the State Treasury has raised a total of nearly US$10.4 billion of government bonds through auction.