Results for Dec. 5 (Wed)

Bank of Japan
Financial Markets Department


(100 million yen, percent per annum)
Instrument Amounts of
Competitive
Bid*
Amounts of
Successful
Bid*
Pro-rata
Rate/Yield
Spread**
/Price
Spread***
Non-pro-
rata
Rate/Yield
Spread**
/Price
Spread***
Average
Successful
Bid
Rate/Yield
Spread**
/Price
Spread***
Allocation
on a Pro-
rata Basis
Rate

Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 5 years and up to 10 years) 8,528 4,501 -0.016 -0.014 23.4
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 10 years and up to 25 years) 5,181 2,009 -0.012 -0.010 59.5
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 25 years) 1,681 506 -0.013 -0.012 17.2
Outright purchases of JGBs(inflation-indexed bonds) 1,223 253 -0.120 -0.141 88.6
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 908 908 -0.600 -0.600

* For the case of US Dollar Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral, the figures are represented in million U.S. dollars.
** These figures represent the yield spreads in Outright purchases of T-Bills, Outright sales of T-Bills, Outright purchases of JGBs (residual maturity of up to 1 year, more than 1 year and up to 5 years, more than 1 year and up to 3 years, more than 3 years and up to 5 years, more than 5 years and up to 10 years, more than 10 years, more than 10 years and up to 25 years, and more than 25 years).
*** These figures represent the price spreads in Outright purchases of JGBs (floating-rate bonds and inflation-indexed bonds) (unit of price spread is yen).
**** The securities sold through Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation were as follows (amount in 100 million yen): 2-year JGB #391 (223); 5-year JGB #133 (3); 5-year JGB #136 (98); 10-year JGB #342 (30); 10-year JGB #344 (14); 20-year JGB #123 (35); 20-year JGB #138 (49); 20-year JGB #152 (94); 30-year JGB #21 (13); 30-year JGB #52 (29); and T-Bill #777 (320).