The Bank of Japan reported total assets of ¥624.98 trillion as of Oct. 20, down 10.1% from a year earlier and ¥345.3 billion higher than on Oct. 10. Compared with Oct. 20, 2025 (¥695.19 trillion), assets fell by ¥70.22 trillion. Japanese government bonds made up ¥504.00 trillion of the total; on the liability side, current deposits stood at ¥418.35 trillion and banknotes at ¥113.93 trillion. Between Oct. 10 and Oct. 20, current deposits rose about ¥10.19 trillion while government deposits fell about ¥8.47 trillion, though the release did not explain the transactions behind these shifts. The BOJ’s Sept. 30 account attributed the decline in JGBs to reduced purchases and the fall in loans to fewer extensions, mainly under its Loan Support Program.
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