The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced on Monday the issuance of 6.5 billion Egyptian pounds worth of floating-rate note (FRN) treasury bonds. The first batch amounts to five billion pounds for three years with a quarterly return, while the second batch totals 1500 million pounds for five years with a quarterly return, the bank said. The interest rate on these three-year bonds will be calculated based on a formula: Coupon = {(Benchmark + Fixed Spread) / (1 – 20%)}. Attribution: Amwal Al Ghad English