Results for Mar. 4 (Tue)

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

US Dollar Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral (Starting on Mar. 6) 2 2
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 2,809 2,809 0.250 0.250
Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral (at All Offices) (Fixed rate) (Starting on Mar. 5) 14,480 8,005 55.3
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation***** 74 74 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): 5-year JGB #155 (322); #156 (403); #158 (189); 10-year JGB #356 (344); #361 (591); #363 (351); #366 (378); 20-year JGB #172 (25); 40-year JGB #1 (12); #8 (104); and #17 (90).
***** 10-year JGB #361 was sold through Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation.