April 30, 2013
Bank of Japan

Alteration(s)

Monetary Base and the Bank of Japan's Transactions (pp. 30-39)

• Added item
  • "Loan Support Program"

Issuance, Redemption, and Outstanding of Public and Corporate Bonds (Floated in Japan) (pp. 61-63)

• Deleted item
  • "New financial resource bonds" under "Issuance by purpose"

Deposits, Vault Cash, and Loans and Bills Discounted (pp. 101-118)

• This title was changed from "Amounts Outstanding of Deposits by Depositor (Average Amounts Outstanding)" and "Amounts Outstanding of Deposits by Depositor (End of Period)."

Deposits, Vault Cash, and Loans and Bills Discounted (pp. 145-148)

• This title was changed from "Loans and Bills Discounted by Sector."

Corporate Goods Price Index (pp. 286-298)

• The base year has been revised from 2005 to 2010.
• Deleted items
  • "Processed foodstuffs"
  • "General machinery and equipment"
  • "Precision instruments"
  • "(Reference) Electric and electronic products"

• Added items
  • "Food, beverages, tobacco and feedstuffs"
  • "General purpose machinery"
  • "Production machinery"
  • "Business oriented machinery"
  • "General purpose, production and business oriented machinery"
  • "(Reference) All commodities (excluding extra charges for summer electricity)" under "(5) Domestic corporate goods price index using chain-weighted index formula"

Opinion Survey on the General Public's Views and Behavior (p. 357)

• Changed names
  • "Economic conditions D.I. 'Improving' minus 'worsening'" ⇒ "Economic conditions D.I. 'Have improved/will improve' minus 'have worsened/will worsen'"
  • "Outlook for one year from now" ⇒"One year from now compared with the present"
  • "Have become somewhat better off" minus "have become somewhat worse off" ⇒ "Have become better off" minus "have become worse off"

Deleted Table

Tokyo Repo Rate

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