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Changes in Items in "Sources of Changes in Current Account Balances at the Bank of Japan and Market Operations"

April 4, 2013
Bank of Japan
Financial Markets Department

In line with the decisions at the Monetary Policy Meeting on April 4, 2013 (Introduction of the "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing"), the Bank of Japan has changed the formats of "Sources of Changes in Current Account Balances at the Bank of Japan and Market Operations."

The details are as follows.

Daily data

The item "Subtotal (excluding the Loan Support Program and the Asset Purchase Program)" is renamed "Subtotal (excluding the Loan Support Program)."

The item "Subtotal (Asset Purchase Program)" and its subitems are deleted from "BOJ Loans and Market Operations."

The items "Outright purchases of CP," "Outright purchases of Corporate Bonds," "Outright purchases of ETFs," and "Outright purchases of J-REITs" are added to "BOJ Loans and Market Operations."

Inquiries

Market Operations Division, Financial Markets Department

E-mail : post.cmmd3@boj.or.jp