At the end of a simultaneous auction of 182 and 308-day treasury bills (BAT) and 3-year treasury bonds (OATs) on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, the State of Mali collected the sum of 20,229 billion FCFA in the WAEMU financial market

Mali wants to meet the financing needs of its budget. The issuer had put the sum of 25 billion CFA francs up for auction. The overall bids from investors amounted to 27.479 billion FCFA, i.e. a rate and coverage rate of the amount put up for auction of 109.92%. The amount of tenders accepted is 20.229 billion FCFA and that rejected at 7.250 billion FCFA, i.e. an absorption rate of 73.62%. The vouchers are expected to be redeemed on the first business day following the due date set at February 5, 2024 for 182-day vouchers and June 11, 2025 for those with 308 days. Interest will be paid in advance and deducted from the nominal value of the vouchers