In addition, from the third perspective of ensuring the Bank’s financial strength, the Bank will purchase a-1 rated CP that are eligible as the Bank’s collateral, with setting upper limits by each individual firm.
Keeping in mind that the outright purchases could be a means of meeting firms’ funding needs including the redemption of corporate bonds toward the end of a fiscal year, the total amount to be purchased is set so as not to exceed three trillion yen and will be temporarily conducted until the end of March this year.