Sources of Changes in Current Account Balances at the Bank of Japan and Market Operations1 for Mar. 18 (Fri)

Bank of Japan
Financial Markets Department


Three tables are released every business day: "Projections" for the following business day, "Provisional results" for the business day concerned and "Final results" for the previous business day. Update times of the data are available here.


(100 million yen)
  Projections
(excludes
same-day-start
operations)
Provisional
results
Final
results

Banknotes
(Minus: net issuance)
 -600  -600  -700

Treasury funds and others
(Minus: net receipt of funds)
 13,900  14,000  14,100

Surplus/Shortage of funds
(Minus: shortage)
 13,300  13,400  13,400

BOJ Loans and Market Operations

Outright purchases of JGBs      
Outright purchases of T-Bills      
Outright sales of T-Bills      
Purchases of JGSs under repurchase agreements      
Sales of JGSs under repurchase agreements      
Funds-supplying operations against pooled collateral (at Head office)      
Funds-supplying operations against pooled collateral (at All offices)      
Purchases of CP under repurchase agreements      
Outright sales of bills drawn by BOJ      
Outright purchases of CP  -500  -500  -500
Outright purchases of Corporate Bonds  -400  -400  -400
Outright purchases of ETFs      
Outright purchases of J-REITs      
Funds-supplying operation to support financial institutions in disaster areas      
Special funds-supplying operations to facilitate financing in response to the novel coronavirus      
Climate response financing operations      
Loans2      
Securities lending as a secondary source of JGSs  600  600  600
     -200  -200
Securities lending to provide JGSs as collateral for the U.S. dollar funds-supplying operations      
Subtotal (excluding the Loan Support Program)  -300  -500  -500
Fund-provisioning measure to support strengthening the foundations for economic growth      
Fund-provisioning measure to stimulate bank lending      
Subtotal (Loan Support Program)  +0  +0  +0
Total  -300  -500  -500

Net change in current account balances5  +13,000  +12,900  +12,900

Current account balances3,5
(amount outstanding)
 5,340,200  5,340,100  
Reserve balances held by institutions subject to reserve requirements    4,691,100  4,692,000
Held by institutions that have satisfied reserve requirements for the current period    4,690,900  4,691,800
Excess reserves    4,688,500  4,689,400
Current account balances held by institutions NOT subject to reserve requirements    649,000  648,100

Monetary base      6,586,300


Required reserves for the current maintenance period
(Mar.16-Apr.15, cumulative total)4
3,775,500
Required reserves for the current maintenance period
(Mar.16-Apr.15, daily average)4
121,800
Remaining required reserves on and after Mar.22 (cumulative total) 6,500
Remaining required reserves on and after Mar.22 (daily average) 300

Notes:

  1. Figures are rounded off to 10 billion yen.
  2. "Loans" in this chart means the loans under Complementary Lending Facility.
  3. The total current account balances held with the BOJ by financial institutions.Reserve balances are included in this.
  4. The figure for required reserves is usually revised on the 7th of every month (or the preceding business day when the 7th falls on a bank holiday).
  5. Projections of market operations are the amounts offered prior to the compilation of this report.Projections of net change in current account balances are made without considering the execution of loans under Complementary Lending Facility on the same day.
  6. Inquiries: Market Operations Division,Financial Markets Department +81-3-3277-1362