Results for Dec. 4 (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 up to 1 year) 2,139 1,501 -0.049 -0.020 34.8
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 1 year and up to 3 years) 9,155 3,255 -0.012 -0.010 75.5
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 3 years and up to 5 years) 7,117 3,259 -0.009 -0.008 77.6
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 10 years and up to 25 years) 3,464 1,506 -0.003 -0.001 44.7
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 5,212 5,212 -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 #448 (37); #449 (22); 5-year JGB #155 (207); #156 (294); #174 (25); 10-year JGB #348 (12); #361 (962); #362 (259); #364 (364); #365 (556); #366 (216); #367 (417); #368 (900); #370 (388); 20-year JGB #117 (225); #119 (41); #120 (100); #184 (6); 30-year JGB #5 (3); #42 (25); #62 (126); and 40-year JGB #8 (27).