The Generalitat has announced that it has awarded 292.75 million euros of new long-term debt to three financial entities at an average rate of "very advantageous" 2.331% and lower than the maximum initially set. The Department of Economy and Finance has specified that the entities' offers tripled the amount requested by the Government and the final cost of the loans is between 5 and 10 basis points above the Treasury, when the limit set was Treasury +20 basis points (T+0.20%). This operation marks the Generalitat de Catalunya's return to the financial markets for the first time in 14 years after more than a decade relying almost exclusively on the Autonomous Liquidity Fund (FLA) to finance the deficit.