April 5, 2013
Bank of Japan

thousand yen

Assets

Liabilities and Net Assets

Gold 441,253,409 Cash3 323,540,126 Japanese government securities 125,355,626,798 Commercial paper4 1,245,715,573 Corporate bonds5 2,887,292,458 Pecuniary trusts (stocks held as trust property)6 1,409,805,570 Pecuniary trusts (index-linked exchange-traded funds held as trust property)7 1,544,000,809 Pecuniary trusts (Japan real estate investment trusts held as trust property)8 117,481,388 Loans (excluding those to the Deposit Insurance Corporation) 25,487,067,000 Foreign currency assets9 4,987,209,797 Deposits with agents10 22,803,167 Others 490,506,498 Total 164,312,302,598

Banknotes 83,378,274,888 Current deposits 58,128,929,684 Other deposits11 191,123,604 Deposits of the government 1,494,128,994 Payables under repurchase agreements 14,505,493,650 Others12 664,602,618 Provisions 3,237,012,172 Capital 100,000 Legal and special reserves 2,712,636,985 Total 164,312,302,598

1	The Bank's total assets outstanding at the end of March 2013 is 164.3 trillion yen, with an approximate increase of 24.9 trillion yen from the corresponding balance of 139.5 trillion yen at the end of March 2012 (the rate of increase is 17.8%).
2	Main reasons for year-on-year changes in major items:

Assets	Year-on-Year Differences (Rate of Changes)
Japanese government securities	+38.1trillion yen (+43.7%) The increase reflects the Bank's outright purchases of JGBs and Treasury discount bills.
Loans (excluding those to the Deposit Insurance Corporation)	-13.5trillion yen (-34.6%) 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	+23.7trillion yen (+68.8%) The increase mainly reflects the Bank's outright purchases of financial assets including JGSs and corporate bonds.

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 foreign currency loans (loans by U.S. dollar funds-supplying operations against pooled collateral and 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).
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	63,215,487,681
Treasury discount bills	17,557,511,391

*	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	28,133,754,017 16,448,873,707 1,245,715,573 2,887,292,458 1,544,000,809 117,481,388 21,698,300,000
Total	72,075,417,955

*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)

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*	3,653,408,090
Total	3,653,408,090

*

Comprises the loans pursuant to the following: (1) main rules, (2) special rules for equity investments and asset-based lending, (3) special rules for small-lot investments and loans, and (4) special rules for the U.S. dollar lending arrangement. The figures for the loans pursuant to the first three of those are included in "Loans" as Assets. The figure for loans pursuant to the special rules for the U.S. dollar lending arrangement is included in "Foreign currency assets" as Assets.

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(Annex Table 4)

(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 Operation to Support Financial Institutions in Disaster Areas

430,800,000