Results for May 31 (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

Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 27,828 27,828 -0.450 -0.450
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation***** 1 1 -0.450 -0.450
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 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 #435 (173); #442 (37); 5-year JGB #139 (266); #144 (102); #145 (404); #146 (530); #148 (94); 10-year JGB #333 (74); #342 (36); #350 (173); #353 (1,278); #354 (1,616); #355 (1,031); #358 (2,368); #359 (4,467); #360 (3,500); #361 (3,208); #362 (1,239); #364 (863); #365 (1,055); #366 (2,984); #367 (1,204); #368 (283); 20-year JGB #83 (30); #103 (124); #106 (27); #116 (58); #122 (192); #125 (20); #184 (7); 30-year JGB #2 (8); #4 (56); #5 (9); #33 (26); #77 (40); 40-year JGB #6 (237); and #8 (9).
***** 10-year JGB #365 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 10-year JGB #359.
******** The bond subject to the Bank's purchases is 10-year JGB #360.