Results for Feb. 27 (Thu)

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 1 year and up to 3 years) 13,343 4,210 -0.008 -0.007 55.4
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 3 years and up to 5 years) 12,057 3,408 -0.012 -0.011 14.7
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 5 years and up to 10 years) 9,028 3,503 -0.019 -0.015 28.9
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 1,067 1,067 -0.350 -0.350

* 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 #141 (22); #142 (263); 10-year JGB #314 (65); #329 (158); #334 (2); #339 (2); #346 (268); #356 (186); 20-year JGB #158 (57); and Inflation-indexed bond #24 (44).