Data Extraction

April, The RBA has announced yield targeting on 3-year government bonds at 0.25% through purchases of government bonds in the secondary market. On May 5, RBA has purchased AUD50 billion of Australia Government securities (AGS) and semis in the secondary market. May 5 and June 2, the RBA announced that it will maintain the current policy setting.

Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program (GBPP): Purchases will begin with a minimum of CAD5 billion per week across the yield curve. The program will be adjusted as conditions warrant but will continue until the economic recovery is well underway. As of June 24 ,T-bill holdings have increased by CAD99.41 billion, while goverrnment bond holdings have increased by CAD83.573 billion [update]; June 3, Bank of Canada began purchasing Government of Canada Real Return Bonds; as of June 24, the purchased amount is CAD1.28 billion. [update]

Purchases of government bonds are included in Measure 2 (Encourage Private Credit Creation). The amount could not be disaggregated from the EUR 750 billion PEPP program.

April 27: INR100 billion purchase of government securities under Open Market Operations (OMO).

(i) From January to April, IDR166.21 trillion purchases of government securities (SBN) in the secondary market by BI.

No amount/estimate: The BOJ will purchase a necessary amount of JGBs without setting an upper limit so that 10-year JGB yields will remain at around 0%.

15 June 2020, The Malaysian Government Papers purchased by the Bank Negara Malaysia amounted to MYR10.47 billion. This is equal to an increase of MYR8.50 billion from 31 December 2019 (total of MYR1.98 billion) [update].

(i) MXN100 billion- Swaps of government securities in which it will receive long-term securities (10 years and longer) and will deliver other with maturities of up to 3 years; (ii) MXN100 billion- Government securities term repurchase window in which Banco de México facilitates an orderly intermediation of government securities (Cetes, Bonos M, Udibonos, Bondes D and BPAs), which will benefit financial institutions with liquidity needs.