The Ministry of Finance is preparing a new issue of national bonds, Dnevnik Nova TV has learned. It could allegedly be found on the market by the end of the month, and there will be no shortage of interest.
– We want to continue offering citizens investments in state securities, after the election of the majority. sometime in May we are ready for a new issue of state bonds open to citizens – said Andrej Plenkovi, president of the HDZ, on March 28.
In recent years, citizens have invested in national bonds and national treasury bills, and despite this, household deposits in domestic banks have increased all the same. And for one billion euros. Citizens receive interest of up to 2 and a half percent for that money with a one-year term in banks. Interest on bonds should be higher.
– Let’s say that, if they were to be issued for four years, the current market price is around 3.2 percent, and if the state would then offer something more, I believe that they would end up at 3.4 or 3 .5 percent – said the manager of the investment fund Dario Bjelkanović.
How much and when exactly is still in the phase of speculation. But on May 30, everyone who bought a three-month national treasury in February will receive money, so it is logical to expect that the Government will offer them a new investment for those funds. But which government? If it is technical – the opposition sees a problem there.
– We think that it is not fair to the future government, whoever it is, because the question is whether the future government’s strategy would be additional borrowing and whether that borrowing would be on the domestic or international market; ištu – commented Mostovac Zvonimir Troskot.
Citizens have so far lent the state about 3.3 billion euros and hold about 6 percent of the total public debt. By the end of May, that share should increase.