Results for Apr. 18 (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
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 30,620 30,620 -0.250 -0.250
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation***** 73 73 -0.250 -0.250
* 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 #458 (17); 5-year JGB #144 (19); #145 (52); #151 (400); #153 (755); #161 (67); 10-year JGB #344 (42); #345 (300); #352 (134); #353 (1,835); #354 (773); #355 (3,086); #356 (1,794); #357 (1,633); #358 (253); #359 (2,675); #360 (254); #361 (1,851); #362 (2,329); #363 (3,109); #365 (991); #366 (3,041); #367 (1,137); #368 (669); #369 (1,491); #370 (1,477); 20-year JGB #119 (4); #132 (108); #156 (133); 30-year JGB #2 (31); and 40-year JGB #8 (160).
***** The securities sold through Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation were as follows (amount in 100 million yen): 10-year JGB #356 (54); and 20-year JGB #110 (19).