Results for Feb. 15 (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) 8,575 4,254 -0.003 0.000 2.2
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 5 years and up to 10 years) 16,247 6,758 -0.003 -0.002 78.4
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 10 years and up to 25 years) 5,461 3,003 -0.006 -0.003 74.8
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 25 years) 2,523 2,001 -0.017 0.003 2.1
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 52,842 52,842 -0.350 -0.351
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation 0 0
Outright purchases of JGBs (fixed-rate method) (residual maturity of more than 5 years and up to 10 years)***** 54 54
Outright purchases of JGBs (fixed-rate method) (residual maturity of more than 5 years and up to 10 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 #425 (47); #426 (59); #442 (394); #443 (570); 5-year JGB #146 (80); #149 (116); #155 (1,886); 10-year JGB #350 (274); #351 (71); #352 (380); #353 (111); #354 (825); #355 (275); #356 (8); #358 (11,948); #359 (2,192); #360 (3,380); #361 (1,172); #364 (688); #365 (4,340); #366 (3,228); #367 (12,417); #368 (8,291); 30-year JGB #2 (16); #71 (18); 40-year JGB #6 (54); and Inflation-indexed bond #19 (2).
***** 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.