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Bank of Japan Accounts (November 30, 2019)

December 3, 2019
Bank of Japan

Assets (thousand yen)
Gold 441,253,409
Cash1 208,063,928
Japanese government securities 487,796,979,211
Commercial paper2 2,168,888,400
Corporate bonds3 3,277,490,979
Pecuniary trusts (stocks held as trust property)4 784,418,904
Pecuniary trusts (index-linked exchange-traded funds held as trust property)5 27,942,791,132
Pecuniary trusts (Japan real estate investment trusts held as trust property)6 538,682,272
Loans (excluding those to the Deposit Insurance Corporation) 47,890,616,000
Foreign currency assets7 6,718,794,863
Deposits with agents8 12,932,561
Others 751,336,331
Total 578,532,247,992
Liabilities and Net Assets (thousand yen)
Banknotes 107,753,364,580
Current deposits 404,608,495,367
Other deposits9 29,029,360,755
Deposits of the government 25,852,333,813
Payables under repurchase agreements 54,017,108
Others10 1,850,352,506
Provisions 6,132,203,037
Capital 100,000
Legal and special reserves 3,252,020,822
Total 578,532,247,992
  1. Coins reserved for circulation.
  2. 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.
  3. Includes bonds issued by real estate investment corporations.
  4. Stocks purchased from financial institutions through a trust bank.
  5. Beneficiary interests in index-linked exchange-traded funds purchased through a trust bank.
  6. Investment equity issued by real estate investment corporations purchased through a trust bank.
  7. 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, 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. 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.
  9. Deposits held by foreign central banks and others.
  10. Includes 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.

(Annex Table 1)

Breakdown of Japanese government securities (thousand yen)
Japanese government bonds 478,516,912,910
Treasury discount bills 9,280,066,301

(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* 8,601,469,860
Fund-Provisioning Measure to Stimulate Bank Lending 40,736,000,000
Total 49,337,469,860
  • 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 and Funds-Supplying Operation to Support Financial Institutions in Disaster Areas of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake 1,166,100,000