AMMAN — Last year, the total issue
of government securities and government-guaranteed securities, including bonds,
treasury bills, and Islamic bonds, was valued at JD5.5 billion, while the
government paid off JD4.1 billion worth of securities, according to
Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Governor Adel Sharkas.
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Last year, Sharkas said, the bank issued
securities guaranteed by the government in accordance with the needs of public institutions,
and continued to provide the necessary financing for the budget deficit by
managing the issuance and amortization of various securities, Al-Saa News
reported.
The nominal value of government bonds
issued in dinars and traded through the portfolio of the
Central Bank of Jordan amounted to about JD325.5 million in 2022, he said, while the securities on the
bank’s balance sheet at the end of last year amounted to JD293.9 million.
Financing initiativesSharkas indicated that the ceiling of advances
granted to the Agricultural Credit Corporation was raised last year by JD15
million to become JD115 million. Meanwhile, loans granted to the corporation in
2022 were valued at JD31.2 million.
The CBJ continued to provide financing
within the national program for self-employment, “Inhad”, benefiting 48
projects with financing valued at JD2.037 million in 2022.
Previously,
the bank, as the issuance manager for the National Electricity Company's Islamic bonds, also announced
the issuance of the fourth tranche of the fifth issuance, at a value of JD75
million.
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