QATAR | Economy
Bond offer ‘successful’
An offer of QR3bn ($825mn) of Qatar government bonds, the first domestic government bond offer this year, was successful and showed liquidity in the Qatari banking system is healthy, a central bank official told Reuters yesterday. “It was a very successful auction with big demand. It shows liquidity is fine. The demand was fine from both Islamic and conventional banks,” the official said. He did not provide further details of the sale, saying they would be announced later.
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