The Japanese government bonds (JGBs) and treasury discount bills (T-Bills) are to increase by about 5 trillion yen each, CP by about 0.1 trillion yen, corporate bonds by about 0.3 trillion yen, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by about 0.5 trillion yen, and Japan real estate investment trusts (J-REITs) by about 0.01 trillion yen. The increased purchases are intended to be completed by around end-2013.
Second, the Bank decided to establish a new lending facility called the fund-provisioning measure to stimulate bank lending (“Stimulating Bank Lending Facility”) to promote lending by financial institutions.