Bank of Japan Accounts (September 30, 2014)

October 7, 2014
Bank of Japan

(thousand yen)

Assets

Liabilities and Net Assets

Gold 441,253,409 Cash3 265,525,990 Japanese government securities 229,311,558,047 Commercial paper4 2,153,086,052 Corporate bonds5 3,171,234,146 Pecuniary trusts (stocks held as trust property)6 1,351,490,702 Pecuniary trusts (index-linked exchange-traded funds held as trust property)7 3,220,838,698 Pecuniary trusts (Japan real estate investment trusts held as trust property)8 158,550,007 Loans (excluding those to the Deposit Insurance Corporation) 29,919,366,000 Foreign currency assets9 5,622,060,114 Deposits with agents10 9,837,028 Others 555,152,028 Total 276,179,952,226

Banknotes 86,461,899,047 Current deposits 161,517,331,746 Other deposits11 4,770,132,847 Deposits of the government 1,292,928,539 Payables under repurchase agreements 15,493,872,598 Others12 -90,999,969 Provisions 3,848,399,108 Capital 100,000 Legal and special reserves 2,886,288,309 Total 276,179,952,226

1	The Bank's total assets outstanding at the end of September 2014 is 276.1 trillion yen, with an approximate increase of 67.3 trillion yen from the corresponding balance of 208.8 trillion yen at the end of September 2013 (the rate of increase is 32.2%).
2	Main reasons for year-on-year changes in major items:

Assets	Year-on-Year Differences (Rate of Changes)
Japanese government securities	+61.6 trillion yen (+36.7%) Reflecting the increase in the Bank's outright purchases of JGBs and treasury discount bills.

Liabilities	Year-on-Year Differences (Rate of Changes)
Current deposits	+64.1 trillion yen (+65.8%) Reflecting the increase in funds provision mainly through the Bank's outright purchases of JGBs.

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.
13	End-of-term figures as of March 31 and September 30 are preliminary, and the final figures are released in May and November in the Bank's financial statements.

(Annex Table 1)

Breakdown of Japanese government securities

(thousand yen)

Japanese government bonds	179,833,485,276
Treasury discount bills	49,478,072,770

(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*	5,072,558,472
Fund-Provisioning Measure to Stimulate Bank Lending	15,903,700,000
Total	20,976,258,472

*

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.

(Annex Table 3)

(thousand yen)

Loans by Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral (including funds provided under the fixed-rate method) and Funds-Supplying Operation to Support Financial Institutions in Disaster Areas

10,170,700,000