Results for Aug. 6 (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) 2,832 1,000 0.019 0.020 87.6
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 1 year and up to 3 years) 7,242 3,253 0.011 0.012 19.7
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 3 years and up to 5 years) 9,683 3,254 0.014 0.014 82.5
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 10 years and up to 25 years) 5,168 1,352 -0.008 -0.004 25.5
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 1,551 1,551 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): 5-year JGB #152 (23); #164 (69); #173 (100); 10-year JGB #355 (8); #362 (304); #365 (77); #366 (431); #370 (194); 20-year JGB #95 (2); #177 (1); 30-year JGB #44 (35); #65 (72); and 40-year JGB #8 (235).