While preparing the first Samurai bonds in the past decade, Romania tapped on September 19 the international bond market by raising the equivalent of EUR 5 billion with three issues denominated in euros (two issues) and US dollars, according to Ziarul Financiar.

They account for a significant part of the RON 37 bln (EUR 7.5 bln) supplementary public deficit financing prompted by the 1.9%-of-GDP public fiscal deficit slippage from under 5% of GDP to 6.95% of GDP this year.

In the first issue, EUR 2.25 bln denominated in euros with a maturity of 7 years was made at an interest rate of mid-swap plus 2.75 percentage points.

In the second issue, denominated in euros, with a maturity of 20 years, Romania borrowed EUR 750 mln at mid-swap plus 3.5 percentage points.

In the issue denominated in US dollars, Romania borrowed USD 2.10 bln at the interest rate of 10-year US government bonds plus 2.1 percentage points.

Investors' interest was roughly three times larger than the final size of each of the three issues: EUR 7.2 bln for 7-year bonds denominated in euros, USD 8.5 bln for 10-year US-denominated bonds, and EUR 2.3 bln for 20-year bonds denominated in euros. 

iulian@romania-insider.com

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