Results for Mar. 18 (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. 21) 0 0
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 4,309 4,309 0.250 0.250
Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral (at All Offices) (Fixed rate) (Starting on Mar. 19) 18,777 8,012 42.7
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation***** 70 70 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): 2-year JGB #469 (290); 5-year JGB #155 (123); #156 (426); #158 (261); 10-year JGB #342 (45); #359 (388); #361 (157); #363 (50); #364 (107); #370 (1,024); #372 (1); 20-year JGB #81 (40); #87 (78); #135 (118); #138 (41); #151 (113); #158 (100); #164 (272); #167 (100); #180 (35); 30-year JGB #62 (182); #63 (355); and Inflation-indexed bond #29 (3).
***** 20-year JGB #87 was sold through Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation.