{"id":600443,"date":"2019-01-30T04:19:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T04:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/30\/take-note-fx-watchers-the-carry-trade-is-back-in-egypt\/"},"modified":"2019-01-30T04:19:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T04:19:28","slug":"take-note-fx-watchers-the-carry-trade-is-back-in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/30\/take-note-fx-watchers-the-carry-trade-is-back-in-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Take note FX watchers: The carry trade is back in Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-01\"><\/a> <b>Carry traders are back in force, buying 100% of Monday T-bonds auction:<\/b> Foreign investors, who have been increasingly showing up at government debt auctions, bought 100% of the EGP 1.16 bn worth of five-year treasury bonds offered on Monday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mof.gov.eg\/Arabic\/MofNews\/WhatsNew\/Pages\/breakingnews29-1-2019-1.aspx\">the Finance Ministry said in a statement<\/a>. The central bank also held yesterday an auction on 10-year bonds. Foreigners have snapped up an average of 30% of T-bill auctions, and their average participation in five- and 10-year note auctions rose to about 55% this week. The story is getting plenty of play in the international business press: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-01-29\/foreigners-gobble-up-100-of-egypt-s-five-year-local-debt\">Bloomberg<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/af.reuters.com\/article\/egyptNews\/idAFL3N1ZT4Y2\">Reuters<\/a> have the story.<\/p>\n<p><b>Why this matters: <\/b>International investors pulled about USD 10 bn out of Egypt during the emerging markets zombie apocalypse, putting pressure on the central bank and the banking system at large.<\/p>\n<p><b>Why are the foreigners back? We now offer the second-highest yield in emerging markets after Argentina<\/b>, according to analysis by Bloomberg. We\u2019re also a bit less likely to default than Argentina, our friend Reham El Desoki told the business information service: Investors \u201cperceive lower risk in the medium-to-long term, which is positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>It\u2019s probably why the EGP appreciated against the greenback this week: <\/b>The central bank\u2019s statement on the auction comes after the EGP has been appreciating this week. While <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/01\/29\/why-did-the-egp-gain-against-the-greenback-yesterday\/\">some analysts and bankers see<\/a> the invisible hand of the CBE at play here, others we have spoken to have said the move was down to carry traders participating in auctions. The results of the T-bond auction back that up.<\/p>\n<p><b>Does this tell us anything about interest rates? <\/b>\u201cThe demand is probably driven by an anticipation that the central bank could start cutting interest rates as inflation eases,\u201d Bloomberg said, citing comments from El Desoki.<\/p>\n<p><b>High demand is making it a bit less expensive for Egypt to borrow<\/b>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2019-01-29\/stocks-bull-case-is-undermined-by-boring-bonds\">Bloomberg<\/a> said in another piece: \u201cdemand for the five-year securities allowed underwriters to shave 44 basis points off Egypt\u2019s cost to borrow, the most at an auction in a year, to 17.59%,\u201d it reported.<\/p>\n<p><b>This is all great news ahead of Ramadan: <\/b>The boost in inflows is good news: New foreign appetite, if sustained, could help shore up the EGP just as we head into a season of high domestic demand for FX as Ramadan approaches and China\u2019s holiday lull ends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carry traders are back in force, buying 100% of Monday T-bonds auction: Foreign investors, who have been increasingly showing up at government debt auctions, bought 100% of the EGP 1.16 bn worth of five-year treasury bonds offered on Monday, the Finance Ministry said in a statement. 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