Govt to issue Samurai, Eurobond to Fund Fiscal Deficit

Indonesian government mulls to sell Samurai and Eurobonds in the second half (H2) of 2020, to fund the fiscal deficit. In the first quarter (Q1) of this year, the country has issued state bond Rp221.4 trillion, including the global bond.

So far, finance ministry has released two series of US Dollar bond, namely RI0230 worth $1.2 billion with tenure 10 year and RI0250 of $800 million for a 30-year tenure. In the Euro series called RIEUR0227 worth of EUR1 billion ($1.12 billion) with a tenure of seven years.