Azerbaijan’s Central Bank raises about 10B manats at auctions in 2017
By Trend
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) raised 9.98 billion manats from banks at deposit auctions in 2017, the CBA said on January 4.
The demand from banks amounted to 25.56 billion manats, which exceeded the supply by nearly 2.6 times.
The interest rate on deposit transactions concluded within the framework of the auctions was 10.01-14.87 percent during the year. The average annual interest rate on deposit transactions was 12.22 percent.
The CBA started to hold deposit auctions in mid-June 2016. Deposit auction is an auction during which the deposits of commercial banks are placed in the CBA. The main aim of such auction is sterilization of money supply.
Thirty banks, including two state-owned banks, operate in Azerbaijan.
(1.7001 manats = $1 on Jan. 4)
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