Inter-American Development Bank IADB

Public sector borrowers tore $10bn of funding from the dollar market on Tuesday, shaving several basis points from initial price thoughts in the process. Only one benchmark is on screens for Wednesday, but SSA bankers expect next week’s run-up to the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president on January 20 will be — in Trump terminology — “huge”.

Tuesday’s dollar market is set to be packed to the rafters, with a quartet of issuers out with trades and most of the focus at the five year part of the curve.

Rentenbank added a A$475m ($349.6m) tap to its September 2022 Kangaroo bond, joining the Asian Development Bank and Inter-American Development Bank in printing Kangaroo fives in the new year.

This week's scorecard looks at the progress supranationals have made in their funding programmes.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) added a A$30m ($22.8m) tap to its June 2026 Kangaroo line on Monday. The trade could precede more issuance in this market from the borrower as it grapples with a ramped up funding target.

Eurofima, Inter-American Development Bank and International Finance Corporation tapped their 10 year Kangaroo lines this week, raising a total A$180m ($136.8m), as Asian investors looked for yield from the Aussie market.

This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress supranationals have made in their funding programmes.

A group of supranationals have revealed their local currency plans to GlobalCapital, with some planning to enter markets for the first time and others revisiting old haunts.

The Inter-American Development Bank, a Canadian sub-sovereign and two Danish agencies offered chunky issuance to the Kangaroo market this week. The SSAs took advantage of Asian accounts looking to work their cash at the 10 year part of the Australian dollar curve.

The Inter-American Development on Tuesday extended its Kangaroo curve with an April 2027 issue. The new bond is, in effect, replacing IADB's June 2026 bond, the borrower said.

The dollar market enjoyed another strong week with a group of issuers printing, but borrowers are looking ahead to a new wave of interest from bank treasuries in Asia — and some are reporting that the demand has already arrived.

A trio of public sector borrowers are set to spray the short end of the dollar curve with deals on Wednesday, including one making its first visit in over two years, as markets priced in an ever decreasing chance of a rate rise at the next US Federal Open Market Committee meeting later this month.