Government Debt Management focuses on transparency vis-à-vis the general public and the financial markets with regard to the government debt policy and government transactions. Further information on government debt and government debt policy is available at Danmarks Nationalbank's website, www.nationalbanken.dk.
A wide variety of information concerning government borrowing and debt is published on an ongoing basis via the Copenhagen Stock Exchange and DN News[1] . Several news agencies re-transmit the information from DN News, e.g. Reuters. The information is also available at Danmarks Nationalbank's website. It is possible to be notified directly of new information and updates concerning government borrowing and debt by subscribing to Danmarks Nationalbank's electronic news service (see www.nationalbanken.dk under News service).
In addition, information on wholesale trading in Danish government securities is available at MTSDenmark's website, www.mtsdenmark.com.
Enquiries concerning government borrowing and debt should be directed to Danmarks Nationalbank, Government Debt Management Office, Financial Markets at governmentdebt@nationalbanken.dk.
The following table presents the information on government borrowing and debt that is published on an ongoing basis.
| CURRENT INFORMATION ON GOVERNMENT BORROWING AND DEBT |
| |
Overall contents |
Information at |
Frequency |
| Danish Government Debt Management Strategy, June and December |
- Borrowing strategy
- On-the-run issues
- Securities eligible for buy-back
- Duration band
|
- CSE
- www.nationalbanken.dk
|
Semi-
annually |
| Opening of new securities |
- Coupon
- Maturity date
- Opening date
|
- CSE
- DN News, screens 55-57
- Reuters DKNA-55-57
- www.nationalbanken.dk
|
Irregularly |
| Treasury bill auction |
- Convening of auction
- Result of auction
|
- CSE
- DN News, screens 52 and 53
- Reuters, DKNA-52 and 53
- www.nationalbanken.dk
(result of auction)
|
Monthly |
| Daily buy-backs and sales |
- Daily sales by securities
- Daily buy-backs by securities
|
- DN News, screens 51 and 58
- Reuters, pages DKNA-51 and DKNA-58
- www.nationalbanken.dk
|
Daily |
| Monthly buy-backs and sales, 1st banking day |
- Monthly sales by securities
- Monthly buy-backs by securities
- Monthly currency swaps
|
|
Monthly |
| Government funds' holding of government securities, 1st banking day |
- Government funds' holding of government securities as of end of previous month
|
|
Monthly |
| Daily domestic borrowing requirement |
- Domestic borrowing requirement based on Budget Review
- Subsequent buy-backs
- Subsequent currency swaps (monthly)
- Total domestic borrowing requirement
|
- DN News, screen 54
- Reuters, page DKNA-54
- www.nationalbanken.dk
|
Daily |
| Day-to-day distribution of government payments, penultimate banking day |
- Day-to-day distribution for liquidity impact of central-government payments in
coming months
|
|
Monthly |
Danish Government Borrowing and Debt , Danish edition normally
in February, and English edition normally in March |
- Past year's development
- Detailed statement of debt and transactions
- Report on issues of relevance to debt management
|
- Publication from Danmarks Nationalbank
- www.nationalbanken.dk
|
Annually |
| Budget Review , normally in May, August and December |
- Gross financing requirement, current and coming years
|
- Publication from the
Ministry of Finance
- www.fm.dk (website of the Ministry of Finance)
|
Normally 3
times a
year |
| Trading in Danish government securities on MTSDenmark |
- Information about prices and turnover in Danish government securities traded on MTSDenmark
|
|
Ongoing |
| Note: Budget Review is published by the Ministry of Finance. CSE denotes the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. CSE's website is at www.cse.dk. |