Specifically, the Bank decided to establish a new line of credit for equity investments and asset-backed lending (ABL) aimed at encouraging smooth financing of firms that lack sufficient collateral or equity investment, and/or who so far have received very little financing from the existing fund-provisioning measure.
Bank of Japan’s January report of recent economic and financial developments 1 Bank of Japan, 20 January 2006. *  *  *  The Bank’s view 2 Japan's economy continues to recover steadily. Exports have continued to increase, and the uptrend in industrial production has become evident. Business fixed investment has continued to increase against the background of high corporate profits.