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Revision to the Issuance Amounts for Liquidity Enhancement Auctions on April-June 2020

April 28, 2020

Ministry of Finance

Revision to the Issuance Amounts for Liquidity Enhancement Auctions on April-June 2020

The Ministry of Finance announces a revision to the “Issuance Amounts for Liquidity Enhancement Auctions on April-June 2020”, which was published on March 24, 2020, as follows:
Eligible issues and the maximum issuance amount for each auction will be as shown below. The plan could be changed owing to market conditions and others. 

 
April  2020May 2020June 2020
(1) Issues with remaining maturities of 1-5 years
   2-year (issue numbers 400 to 412411)
   5-year (issue numbers 128 to 142)
   10-year (issue numbers 315 to 338)
   20-year (issue numbers 51 to 77)
Not be implementedApproximately 400 billion yenNot be implemented
(2) Issues with remaining maturities of 5-15.5 years
   10-year (issue numbers 339 to 357)
   20-year (issue numbers 78 to 154)
   30-year (issue numbers 1 to 20)
Approximately 500 billion yenApproximately 500 billion yenApproximately 500 billion yen
(3) Issues with remaining maturities of 15.5-39 years
   20-year (issue numbers 155 to 171)
   30-year (issue numbers 21 to 65)
   40-year (issue numbers 1 to 12)
Approximately 500 billion yenNot be implementedApproximately 500 billion yen

(Note1)Remaining maturities are calculated starting from March 31st.

(Note2)Eligible issues for 2-year JGBs in (1)zone will be those with remaining maturities of more than one year as
                 April 30th 2020 for May auction, including the issue to be newly issued in the auction month.