Bank of Japan : Schedules of Outright Purchases of CP and Corporate Bonds

February 28, 2020

Bank of Japan

Financial Markets Department

Schedules of Outright Purchases of CP and Corporate Bonds

The Bank of Japan added auction schedules of outright purchases of CP and corporate bonds.

• Newly added auction schedules are underlined. The auction amounts for the outright purchases of CP scheduled in March were changed from about 3,000 hundred million yen to about 3,500 hundred million yen.

1. Auction schedules of outright purchases of CP

Auction	Exercise	Auction amount
(100 million yen)
March 4, 2020	March 9, 2020	About 3,500
March 18, 2020	March 24, 2020	About 3,500
March 26, 2020	March 31, 2020	About 3,500
April 14, 2020	April 17, 2020	About 2,000
April 24, 2020	April 30, 2020	About 2,000

Note 1: The auction amounts listed above are approximate. The actual auction amount will be notified when conducting the corresponding outright purchase.

Note 2: In principle, the maximum bidding amount for each counterparty will be equal to the auction amount.

2. Auction schedules of outright purchases of corporate bonds

Auction	Exercise	Auction amount
(100 million yen)
March 23, 2020	March 27, 2020	About 1,250
April 20, 2020	April 24, 2020	About 1,250

Note 1: The auction amounts listed above are approximate. The actual auction amount will be notified when conducting the corresponding outright purchase.

Note 2: In principle, the maximum bidding amount for each counterparty will be equal to the auction amount.