Montenegro raised EUR 8mn in a 91-day Treasury bills auction held on Tuesday, March 5. The securities were sold at an average yield of 3.23% which is considerably below the 5.47% yield in the previous such auction held on July 19, 2012. The total submitted bids amounted to EUR 13.6mn. The bills mature on June 6, 2013. This was Montenegro's second auction for the year after it sold EUR 43.5mn of 182-days T-bills on February 25. Last year Montenegro placed eleven issues of six-month T-bills and two issues of three-month T-bills, raising a total of EUR 147mn or 89% of the amount on offer. |
Montenegro's government said it decided on Thursday, March 21, to reduce to EUR 220mn from EUR 250mn the amount it plans to borrow this year for financing its budget spending and servicing ... more
Montenegro's budget revenue increased by 11.5% y/y to EUR 195mn in the period from January 1 to March 20 due to higher profit tax, social contributions and VAT inflows, news service ... more
Mobile phone penetration in Montenegro dropped to 155.5% at the end of February 2013, from 159.81% at end-Dec 2012 and 163.66% a year earlier, the latest figures of the telecommunications agency ... more