Results for Aug. 21 (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

Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 1 year and up to 3 years) 11,189 3,509 -0.013 -0.011 44.5
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 3 years and up to 5 years) 9,319 3,758 -0.023 -0.022 92.5
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 5 years and up to 10 years) 11,967 4,006 -0.015 -0.013 47.1
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 15,761 15,761 -0.050 -0.050
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation 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 #453 (161); 5-year JGB #145 (1); #149 (83); 10-year JGB #353 (106); #355 (1,270); #356 (662); #359 (1,966); #361 (2,383); #362 (665); #364 (623); #365 (1,327); #366 (3,453); #367 (824); #368 (917); #370 (934); 20-year JGB #113 (29); #116 (185); #161 (1); #163 (166); #174 (1); and #187 (4).