Results for Apr. 20 (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

US Dollar Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral (Starting on Apr. 24) 0 0
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 30,388 30,388 -0.350 -0.350
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)***** 0 0
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 #433 (464); #435 (277); #443 (288); 5-year JGB #139 (308); #146 (277); #147 (474); #152 (50); #156 (200); 10-year JGB #329 (200); #344 (112); #350 (171); #352 (487); #353 (1,032); #354 (613); #355 (1,078); #356 (923); #357 (2,420); #358 (3,516); #359 (2,235); #360 (3,441); #361 (4,888); #362 (716); #363 (328); #364 (198); #365 (1,608); #366 (3,463); #367 (390); #368 (65); 20-year JGB #117 (92); #147 (70); and 30-year JGB #1 (4).
***** 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.