Results for Aug. 16 (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
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 18,624 18,624 -0.050 -0.050
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation***** 1 1 -0.050 -0.050
Outright purchases of Corporate Bonds 1,264 500 0.576 0.613 44.3
* 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 #453 (483); #457 (45); 10-year JGB #347 (236); #353 (134); #355 (1,150); #356 (806); #357 (153); #359 (1,796); #360 (174); #361 (2,418); #362 (1,418); #363 (103); #364 (1,351); #365 (1,565); #366 (3,361); #367 (1,288); #368 (1,209); #370 (9); 20-year JGB #104 (5); #141 (176); #155 (97); #167 (140); 30-year JGB #15 (249); #81 (146); and 40-year JGB #8 (112).
***** 10-year JGB #358 was sold through Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation.