January 19, 1999
Bank of Japan

On January 20, 1999, the Bank of Japan will make its second loan disbursement under the "Temporary Lending Facility to Support Firms' Financing Activities". The number of financial institutions which will receive loans and also loan amount in the second disbursement, as well as loan amount outstanding following the second disbursement, are as follows:

Second disbursement
Number of financial institutions:		55
Total amount:		262.6 billion yen
	of which City banks, long-term credit banks, and trust banks: Regional banks and regional banks II: Others:	35.0 billion yen 97.0 billion yen 130.6 billion yen

Amount outstanding following the second disbursement
Number of financial institutions:		70
Total amount outstanding:		1,035.6 billion yen
	of which City banks, long-term credit banks, and trust banks: Regional banks and regional banks II: Others :	714.7 billion yen 130.0 billion yen 190.9 billion yen

Notes

1. Number of financial institutions which applied for this facility: 137

2. Definite loan limit: 4,085.9 billion yen for 102 institutions

3. Increase in loans extended by all city banks, long-term credit banks, trust banks, regional banks, and regional banks II (average for December vs. end of September, adjusted for effects of the business transfer of Hokkaido Takushoku Bank): 6,631.9 billion yen

4. Future disbursements

   Third disbursement: Fourth disbursement:

   February 22, 1999 March 23, 1999