Results for May 12 (Fri)

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) 7,183 4,251 -0.008 -0.004 58.1
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 5 years and up to 10 years) 13,550 6,265 -0.014 -0.012 62.8
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 10 years and up to 25 years) 4,138 2,005 -0.009 -0.007 85.7
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 25 years) 3,444 1,002 -0.003 -0.002 64.9
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 24,396 24,396 -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)***** 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 (608); #435 (250); #436 (23); 5-year JGB #139 (269); #144 (100); #146 (176); #148 (252); 10-year JGB #329 (28); #347 (13); #350 (315); #351 (160); #352 (199); #353 (824); #354 (795); #355 (284); #357 (15); #358 (2,850); #359 (2,908); #360 (3,120); #361 (3,616); #362 (543); #364 (751); #365 (1,560); #366 (3,354); #367 (611); #368 (303); #369 (22); 20-year JGB #94 (200); #112 (130); 30-year JGB #2 (38); 40-year JGB #6 (76); Inflation-indexed bond #19 (2); and #22 (1).
***** 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.