Results for Jan. 4 (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 1 year and up to 3 years) 7,265 2,003 -0.005 -0.004 52.1
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 3 years and up to 5 years) 3,433 1,000 -0.025 -0.018 12.0
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 5 years and up to 10 years) 6,142 1,504 0.011 0.012 90.8
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 10 years and up to 25 years) 5,244 1,504 0.002 0.005 3.8
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 33,490 33,490 -0.350 -0.350
Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral (at All Offices) (Fixed rate) (Starting on Jan. 5) 58,267 10,016 17.2
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation***** 117 117 -0.350 -0.350
Outright purchases of JGBs (fixed-rate method) (residual maturity of more than 5 years and up to 10 years)****** 0 0
Outright purchases of JGBs (fixed-rate method) (residual maturity of more than 5 years and up to 10 years)******* 0 0
Outright purchases of JGBs (fixed-rate method) (residual maturity of more than 1 year and up to 3 years)******** 0 0
Outright purchases of JGBs (fixed-rate method) (residual maturity of more than 3 years and up to 5 years)********* 0 0

* 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 #423 (51); #425 (39); #431 (770); #443 (730); 5-year JGB #141 (6); #146 (1); 10-year JGB #350 (66); #352 (376); #354 (1,358); #356 (68); #357 (1,260); #358 (3,196); #359 (2,156); #360 (779); #361 (267); #364 (2,379); #365 (5,021); #366 (7,485); #367 (2,928); #368 (3,914); 20-year JGB #135 (10); #144 (179); #161 (223); 30-year JGB #12 (3); #17 (43); #33 (12); #36 (1); 40-year JGB #6 (60); Inflation-indexed bond #22 (4); #23 (19); #25 (55); and #27 (31).
***** 10-year JGB #358 was sold through Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation.
****** Bonds subject to the Bank's purchases are the three on-the-run issues.
******* The bond subject to the Bank's purchases is the cheapest-to-deliver issue.
******** The bond subject to the Bank's purchases is 2-year JGB #444.
********* The bond subject to the Bank's purchases is 5-year JGB #154.