KIEV, Aug. 6 – President Viktor Yanukovych has signed amendments to the law on securities and the stock market permitting the sale of currency-pegged treasury bills (T-bills) for the public, the press service of the head of state reported.

Earlier in the day, representatives of the National Bank of Ukraine reported that the interest rate on certificated two-year foreign currency-pegged treasury bills (T-bills) payable to bearer, which will be issued in late September or early October, could reach 8-10%.