Results for Dec. 18 (Tue)

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 T-Bills 2,791 1,000 0.160 0.160
US Dollar Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral (Starting on Dec. 20) 10 10
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 996 996 -0.600 -0.600
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation***** 100 100 -0.600 -0.600
Outright purchases of Corporate Bonds 3,050 751 0.042 0.081 75.8

* 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 #394 (299); 5-year JGB #117 (215); 5-year JGB #128 (230); 10-year JGB #335 (150); 10-year JGB #339 (1); 10-year JGB #350 (1); and 40-year JGB #9 (100).
***** 10-year JGB #325 was sold through Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation.