Results for Feb. 26 (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 3 years and up to 5 years) 12,627 3,005 -0.029 -0.027 15.3
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 5 years and up to 10 years) 9,005 3,256 -0.038 -0.037 75.8
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 10 years and up to 25 years) 2,615 1,501 -0.048 -0.042 100.0
Outright purchases of JGBs(inflation-indexed bonds) 1,964 500 -0.160 -0.220 4.0
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 5,183 5,183 0.250 0.250
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 #458 (173); 5-year JGB #147 (633); #155 (298); #156 (679); #160 (130); 10-year JGB #342 (123); #356 (269); #360 (373); #361 (924); #362 (1,462); 20-year JGB #154 (30); #180 (2); and 40-year JGB #8 (87).