Yerevan /Mediamax/. A little rate increase of state bonds, which has been registered recently, is not a general trend, Finance Minister of Armenia Tigran Davtyan said in the interview with Mediamax.

“Back up of state bonds took place in 2009, caused by well known reasons, now we return to normal conditions, reduction trend is definitely preserved”, said Minister.

As a result of exchange deals, the profitability of medium-term government bonds has increased almost by 0,5 percentage points during the recent 10 days, reaching 13,4989% as of yesterday`s deals. The profitability of short-term government bonds has increased almost by 1 percentage point since the middle of July, making 12,4957% as of the recent exchange deals.