NBE’s first-ever Open Market Operations auction was successfully held today, following the announcement of a new Monetary Policy Framework earlier this week.
The auction, which was a liquidity absorbing exercise, attracted 16 bidders at the offered National Bank Rate (NBR) of 15 percent and collected cumulative bids of Birr 19.970 Billion.
The next OMO auction will be held in two weeks time on July 25, 2024.
Monetary Policy Committee Inaugural Meeting
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the National Bank of