The Bank of Japan intensified its money-market support on 19 August, supplying U.S. dollar funds against pooled collateral and expanding domestic securities operations aimed at easing funding strains. Alongside the foreign-currency injection, the central bank offered Japanese government bonds for lending in both its morning and afternoon spot operations and announced a separate weekly facility to provide ¥800 billion ($5.5 billion) of securities across all BOJ offices. According to trading-desk data, the series of measures brings the number of temporary liquidity interventions to 24 since 29 July, underscoring the BOJ’s continued effort to smooth market functioning amid persistent funding pressures.