Purchase of BOJ-listed investment trusts ¥4,400 billion As early as June 13, 4:39
Since March, the Bank of Japan has been increasing the purchase of ETF (listed investment trusts), which was made by collecting a lot of stocks, in order to stabilize the financial market that was confused by the spread of the new coronavirus. This year's purchases were more than ¥4.4 trillion, which already exceeded the purchases made in the last year, indicating a stance to curb market turmoil.
The Bank of Japan is buying ETFs, which are a large collection of stocks, as part of a large-scale monetary easing.
The financial crisis caused a major disruption to the Nikkei 225 stock price due to the impact of the new coronavirus, so the Bank of Japan decided to take additional monetary easing measures in March, doubling the annual purchase of ETFs. ..
In March, more than 200 billion yen were bought each day, and again this week, stock prices fell sharply, and we bought more than 100 billion yen for the second consecutive day.
As a result, the total purchase amount since the beginning of this year was 4,459.4 billion yen.
Last year's purchase amounted to 4,377.2 billion yen, so we have surpassed last year's results in just over five months and are showing an attitude to curb market turmoil.
However, comparing the total amount of ETFs held by the Bank of Japan with the market capitalization of all stocks listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange as of the end of March, it is calculated that the Bank of Japan holds more than 5% of the stocks, and market relations Some have expressed concern that the impact on the stock market has become too great.