Results for Aug. 27 (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) 6,441 3,253 0.002 0.004 78.9
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 5 years and up to 10 years) 6,309 3,504 -0.004 0.000 18.0
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 10 years and up to 25 years) 2,800 1,353 -0.003 0.004 66.3
Outright purchases of JGBs(residual maturity of more than 25 years) 2,288 754 0.011 0.011 81.1
Outright purchases of JGBs(inflation-indexed bonds) 1,479 500 -0.060 -0.224 80.0
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the morning/same-day-start operation**** 1,129 1,129 0.250 0.250
Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation***** 398 398 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 #463 (189); 5-year JGB #152 (61); 10-year JGB #356 (365); #362 (307); 20-year JGB #156 (3); #174 (40); #177 (77); 30-year JGB #72 (28); and 40-year JGB #8 (59).
***** 20-year JGB #180 was sold through Securities lending facility (Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements) /offered in the afternoon/same-day-start operation.