Market Update - 13th September
News: 13 September 2021
The cost of the government’s borrowing is as close to nil as makes precious little difference. At the time of typing, the yield to maturity of a gilt maturing in five years’ time is 0.33%. If we apply that rate of interest to the entire market, just for the fun of it, we arrive at an annual cost of a paltry £6.6bn. That is not a lot.
