Results for May. 21 (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 15,083 5,001 0.006 0.008 97.2
US Dollar Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral (Starting on May. 23) 0 0
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 1 year and up to 3 years) 13,588 3,516 0.003 0.004 25.2
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 3 years and up to 5 years) 10,049 4,006 0.002 0.003 35.9
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 5 years and up to 10 years) 9,837 4,808 0.002 0.003 57.7
Outright purchases of JGBs(inflation-indexed bonds) 1,134 254 -0.010 -0.042 55.6
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 908 908 -0.600 -0.600
Outright purchases of Corporate Bonds 1,705 1,000 0.000 0.012 76.4

* 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): 5-year JGB #137 (6); 10-year JGB #304 (75); 10-year JGB #309 (172); 10-year JGB #313 (169); 10-year JGB #314 (162); 10-year JGB #320 (90); 10-year JGB #321 (15); 10-year JGB #323 (40); and T-Bill #829 (179).