Bank of Japan Transactions with the Government (October 2026)
Overview
The Bank of Japan's Monetary Affairs Department publication “Bank of Japan Transactions with the Government (October 2026)” presents a stock table showing balances at the end of October 2026 and a flow table showing changes and transaction amounts during the month. At month-end, the balance of long-term Japanese government bond sale and repurchase agreements for the Government Debt Consolidation Fund was 309,992, and that for the Fiscal Loan Fund was 0. During the month, long-term Japanese government bond sale and repurchase agreements for the Government Debt Consolidation Fund recorded a balance change of 34,464, sales subject to repurchase agreements of 286,841, and repurchases (-) of 252,377. The publication directs readers to the notes for definitions of the figures in the tables.
Key points
- The publication is titled “Bank of Japan Transactions with the Government (October 2026).”
- The month-end balance of long-term Japanese government bond sale and repurchase agreements for the Government Debt Consolidation Fund was 309,992.
- During the month, sales of long-term Japanese government bonds subject to repurchase agreements for the Fund amounted to 286,841, and repurchases (-) amounted to 252,377.
Overview
The Bank of Japan's Monetary Affairs Department publication “Bank of Japan Transactions with the Government (October 2026)” presents transactions with the government in October 2026 in stock and flow tables. The stock table lists end-of-period balances, while the flow table lists changes or transaction amounts during the month in units of 100 million yen. The letter symbols for each item correspond to symbols in the notes, which provide definitions of the figures.
Details
The stock table shows that the balances for underwriting government short-term securities, underwriting the refinancing of discount short-term government bonds, purchases of government short-term securities from the Government Debt Consolidation Fund and Fiscal Loan Fund, and sales of government short-term securities and discount short-term government bonds to both funds were all 0. The balance of long-term Japanese government bond sale and repurchase agreements for the Fiscal Loan Fund was also 0, while the balance for the Government Debt Consolidation Fund was 309,992.
In the order of the listed items, the flow table reports monthly changes, underwriting amounts, and redemptions for government short-term securities; the same three items for refinancing discount short-term government bonds; monthly changes, purchase amounts, and redemptions for purchases of government short-term securities for the Government Debt Consolidation Fund; the same three items for the Fiscal Loan Fund; and monthly changes, sales amounts, and redemptions for sales of government short-term securities and discount short-term government bonds to both funds. All of these amounts were 0. For long-term Japanese government bond sale and repurchase agreements for the Government Debt Consolidation Fund, the monthly balance change was 34,464, sales subject to repurchase agreements were 286,841, and repurchases (-) were 252,377. For the same transactions for the Fiscal Loan Fund, the monthly balance change, sales, and repurchases were each 0.