The operating hours of the BOJ-NET  The Bank of Japan made an announcement that, with the launch of the second phase, the BOJ-NET Funds Transfer System and JGB Services would start their daily operation at 8:30 a.m., which is 30 minutes earlier than the present, and close the operation at 7:00 p.m., which is two and a half hours later than the present with respect to JGB services.
The minimum bid rate on the main refinancing operations of the Eurosystem will be raised by 0.25 percentage points to 4.75%, starting from the operation to be settled on 11 October 2000. 2. The interest rate on the marginal lending facility will be raised by 0.25 percentage points to 5.75%, with effect from 6 October 2000. 3.