October 5, 2012
Bank of Japan

thousand yen

Assets

Liabilities and Net Assets

Gold 441,253,409 Cash3 336,791,404 Japanese government securities 102,859,338,145 Commercial paper4 1,381,068,205 Corporate bonds5 2,684,776,397 Pecuniary trusts (stocks held as trust property)6 1,409,953,397 Pecuniary trusts (index-linked exchange-traded funds held as trust property)7 1,392,842,383 Pecuniary trusts (Japan real estate investment trusts held as trust property)8 96,870,542 Loans (excluding those to the Deposit Insurance Corporation) 34,443,540,000 Foreign currency assets9 4,867,653,725 Deposits with agents10 10,143,609 Others 467,798,319 Total 150,392,029,539

Banknotes 80,928,745,178 Current deposits 43,968,317,493 Other deposits11 295,316,466 Deposits of the government 1,497,721,826 Payables under repurchase agreements 17,443,029,939 Others12 309,149,476 Provisions 3,237,012,172 Capital 100,000 Legal and special reserves 2,712,636,985 Total 150,392,029,539

1	The Bank's total assets outstanding at the end of September 2012 is 150.4 trillion yen, with an approximate increase of 12.7 trillion yen from the corresponding balance of 137.7 trillion yen at the end of September 2011 (the rate of increase is 9.2%).
2	Main reasons for year-on-year changes in major items:

Assets	Year-on-Year Differences (Rate of Changes)
Japanese government securities	+18.5trillion yen (+21.9%) The increase reflects the Bank's outright purchases of JGBs including those through the Asset Purchase Program.
Loans (excluding those to the Deposit Insurance Corporation)	-8.5trillion yen (-19.8%) The decrease reflects the decrease in the funds provision through the funds-supplying operation against pooled collateral.

Liabilities	Year-on-Year Differences (Rate of Changes)
Current deposits	+9.3trillion yen (+26.9%) The increase mainly reflects the funds provision through the Asset Purchase Program.

3	Coins reserved for circulation.
4	Comprises 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.
5	Includes bonds issued by real estate investment corporations.
6	Stocks purchased from financial institutions through a trust bank.
7	Beneficiary interests in index-linked exchange-traded funds purchased through a trust bank.
8	Investment equity issued by real estate investment corporations purchased through a trust bank.
9	Foreign currency deposits held at foreign central banks and the Bank for International Settlements, securities issued by foreign governments, foreign currency mutual funds, and loans by US dollar funds-supplying operations against pooled collateral.
10	Deposits 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.
11	Deposits held by foreign central banks and others.
12	Includes miscellaneous liabilities and current income (net accumulated profits). For reports from April to around mid-May, net income for the previous fiscal year before appropriation is also included.

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(Annex Table 1)

Breakdown of Japanese government securities^*

(thousand yen)

Japanese government bonds	63,557,671,255
Treasury discount bills	13,792,708,900

*	Excludes the amounts of Japanese government bonds and Treasury discount bills shown in Annex Table 2. "Japanese government securities" shown as Assets is the sum of "Japanese government bonds" shown in Annex Table 1 and Annex Table 2 and "Treasury discount bills" shown in Annex Table 1 and Annex Table 2."

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(Annex Table 2)

Asset Purchase Program
The table below represents the asset item amounts outstanding under the Bank's Asset Purchase Program.

(thousand yen)

Japanese government bonds*1 Treasury discount bills*1 Commercial paper Corporate bonds Index-linked exchange-traded funds Japan real estate investment trusts Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral*2	18,093,753,875 7,415,204,114 1,381,068,205 2,684,776,397 1,392,842,383 96,870,542 30,731,500,000
Total	61,796,015,519

*1	The figure is included in "Japanese government securities" as Assets. "Japanese government securities" shown as Assets is the sum of "Japanese government bonds" shown in Annex Table 1 and Annex Table 2 and "Treasury discount bills" shown in Annex Table 1 and Annex Table 2.
*2	The figure is included in "Loans" as Assets.

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(Annex Table 3)

(thousand yen)

Loans by Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral (excluding Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral shown in Annex Table 2) and Funds-Supplying Operations to Support Financial Institutions in Disaster Areas and Fund-Provisioning Measure to Support Strengthening the Foundations for Economic Growth

3,707,540,000