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Bank of Japan Accounts (September 30, 2022)

October 7, 2022
Bank of Japan

Assets (thousand yen)
Gold 441,253,409
Cash3 375,862,349
Japanese government securities 545,521,198,055
Commercial paper4 2,533,346,993
Corporate bonds5 8,333,793,621
Pecuniary trusts (stocks held as trust property)6 372,868,161
Pecuniary trusts (index-linked exchange-traded funds held as trust property)7 36,905,778,280
Pecuniary trusts (Japan real estate investment trusts held as trust property)8 657,467,698
Loans (excluding those to the Deposit Insurance Corporation) 80,141,584,000
Foreign currency assets9 8,907,324,743
Deposits with agents10 5,540,564
Others 725,231,538
Total 684,921,249,415
Liabilities and Net Assets (thousand yen)
Banknotes 120,151,612,056
Current deposits 493,019,752,774
Other deposits11 34,461,917,491
Deposits of the government 21,335,290,496
Payables under repurchase agreements 2,755,896,611
Others12 2,052,135,434
Provisions 7,700,573,165
Capital 100,000
Legal and special reserves 3,443,971,384
Total 684,921,249,415
  1. The Bank's total assets outstanding at the end of September 2022 is 684.9 trillion yen, with an approximate decrease of 39.1 trillion yen from the corresponding balance of 724.1 trillion yen at the end of September 2021 (the rate of decrease is 5.4%).
  2. Main reasons for year-on-year changes in major items:
Table: Main reasons for year-on-year changes in major items
Assets Year-on-Year Differences (Rate of Changes)
Japanese government securities +17.5 trillion yen (+3.3%)
Reflecting the Bank's outright purchases of JGBs.
Loans (excluding those to the Deposit Insurance Corporation) -58.3 trillion yen (-42.1%)
Reflecting the decrease in the funds provision through the Special Funds-Supplying Operations to Facilitate Financing in Response to the Novel Coronavirus.
Table: Main reasons for year-on-year changes in major items
Liabilities Year-on-Year Differences (Rate of Changes)
Current deposits -48.6 trillion yen (-9.0%)
Reflecting the decrease in the funds provision mainly through the Special Funds-Supplying Operations to Facilitate Financing in Response to the Novel Coronavirus.
  1. 3Coins reserved for circulation.
  2. 4Comprises the following types, in dematerialized or physical form: (1) commercial paper issued by domestic corporations; (2) commercial paper issued by foreign corporations with guarantees (dematerialized only); (3) asset-backed commercial paper; and (4) commercial paper issued by real estate investment corporations.
  3. 5Includes bonds issued by real estate investment corporations.
  4. 6Stocks purchased from financial institutions through a trust bank.
  5. 7Beneficiary interests in index-linked exchange-traded funds purchased through a trust bank.
  6. 8Investment equity issued by real estate investment corporations purchased through a trust bank.
  7. 9Foreign currency deposits held at foreign central banks and the Bank for International Settlements, securities issued by foreign governments, foreign currency mutual funds, and foreign currency loans, such as (1) loans by U.S. dollar funds-supplying operations against pooled collateral and (2) loans pursuant to the special rules for the U.S. dollar lending arrangement to enhance the fund-provisioning measure to support strengthening the foundations for economic growth conducted through the loan support program.
  8. 10Deposits held at agents that conduct operations relating to treasury funds and Japanese government securities on behalf of the Bank of Japan. These deposits are reserved for such operations.
  9. 11Deposits held by foreign central banks and others.
  10. 12Includes miscellaneous liabilities and current income (net accumulated profits). For reports at the beginning of the fiscal year, net income for the previous fiscal year is also included prior to its appropriation.
  11. 13End-of-term figures as of March 31 and September 30 are preliminary, and the final figures are released in May and November in the Bank's financial statements.

(Annex Table 1)

Breakdown of Japanese government securities (thousand yen)
Japanese government bonds 536,490,178,894
Treasury discount bills 9,031,019,161

(Annex Table 2)

Loan Support Program
The table below represents the loan amounts outstanding under the Bank's Loan Support Program. (thousand yen)
Fund-Provisioning Measure to Support Strengthening the Foundations for Economic Growth* 7,745,600,570
Fund-Provisioning Measure to Stimulate Bank Lending 58,935,000,000
Total 66,680,600,570
  • The figure for the loans other than those pursuant to the special rules for the U.S. dollar lending arrangement is included in "Loans" as Assets, and that for the loans pursuant to the special rules for the U.S. dollar lending arrangement is included in "Foreign currency assets" as Assets.

(Annex Table 3)

Annex Table 3 (thousand yen)
Loans by Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral (including funds provided under the fixed-rate method), Funds-Supplying Operation to Support Financial Institutions in Disaster Areas, Special Funds-Supplying Operations to Facilitate Financing in Response to the Novel Coronavirus and Funds-Supplying Operations to Support Financing for Climate Change Responses 15,848,100,000