KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. The Finance Ministry on Thursday issued samurai bonds worth 177 billion Japanese yen (US$1.62 billion) to finance debt repayment. The Finance Ministry's debt paper directorate, which falls under the financing and risk management directorate general, announced that the government debt papers consisted of six series: RIJPY0522, RIJPY0524, RIJPY0526, RIJPY0529, RIJPY0534 and RIJPY0539. “This is recorded as the largest transaction in samurai bonds [issued] by an Asian country through a public offering,” the debt paper directorate said in a statement.
Indonesia issues samurai bonds worth 177 billion yen
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. The Finance Ministry on Thursday issued samurai bonds worth 177 billion Japanese yen (US$1.62 billion) to finance debt repayment. The Finance Ministry's debt paper directorate, which falls under the financing and risk management directorate general, announced that the government debt papers consisted of six series: RIJPY0522, RIJPY0524, RIJPY0526, RIJPY0529, RIJPY0534 and RIJPY0539. “This is recorded as the largest transaction in samurai bonds [issued] by an Asian country through a public offering,” the debt paper directorate said in a statement.