Bank of Japan Head Office

The Bank of Japan is
the central bank of Japan.

What's New

May 22, 2013	Statement on Monetary Policy (Announced at 12:07 p.m.) [PDF 37KB]
May 22, 2013	Bank of Japan Accounts (May 20)
May 22, 2013	Average Interest Rates by Type of Deposit [PDF 51KB]
May 20, 2013	(Research Paper) IMES Discussion Paper E-Series (May)
May 17, 2013	Time table and schedule of U.S. Dollar Funds-Supplying Operations [PDF 22KB]
May 16, 2013	BOJ Current Account Balances by Sector (April) [PDF 36KB]
May 16, 2013	(Research Paper) A Study of Missing Value Imputation in Business Surveys
May 15, 2013	(Research Paper) Trends in and Challenges for the Money Market in Japan
May 15, 2013	Average Interest Rates by Type of Deposit [PDF 51KB]
May 14, 2013	Basic Figures on Fails (April) [PDF 31KB]

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Notices

Changes and Corrections of Data

Related Sites

Institute for Monetary
and Economic Studies

Currency Museum

The Central Council for
Financial Services Information

Releases Related to the Great East Japan Earthquake

Release Schedule

Speeches and Statements

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The Bank's Market Operations

Guideline for Money Market OperationsThe Bank of Japan will conduct money market operations so that the monetary base will increase at an annual pace of about 60-70 trillion yen. (May 22, 2013)
Monetary Base (as of month-end)155.3 trillion yen (April 2013)
Current Account Balances at the Bank of Japan67,600 billion yen (May 21, 2013)
Basic Loan Rate0.3% (since December 19, 2008)
Interest Rate Applied to the Complementary Deposit Facility0.1% (since November 16, 2008)
Uncollateralized Overnight Call Rate (average)P0.073% (May 22, 2013)
Bank of Japan Operations
Next Monetary Policy Meeting DateJune 10 and 11, 2013
Note: P indicates preliminary figures.