Liquidity declines due to tax payments

Обзор облигаций 25.11.2014 Banking sector liquidity continued its decline yesterday which began last Thursday. While the NBU has decreased the total volume of ON loans since Wednesday, quarterly tax payments schedule through 20 November and month-end tax payments that began on Friday had a negative impact on liquidity. As ON loans declined UAH0.47bn to UAH0.81bn last Friday, broader banking sector liquidity were down a significant UAH1.65bn to UAH50.28bn yesterday. Banks' correspondent accounts with the NBU fell UAH1.48bn to UAH27.29bn while total CDs outstanding slid UAH0.17bn to UAH17.91bn. Total debt repayments scheduled for the next 30 days remained steady at UAH5.09bn last Friday. KyivPrime interest rates remained unchanged since last Wednesday with the KyivPrime ON interest rate at 11.00% and the KyivPrime 1M rate at 17.00%.