JAPAN MARCH MONEY SUPPLY RISES 9.0 PCT
Japan's broadly defined money supply
average of M-2 plus certificate of deposits (CD) rose a
preliminary 9.0 pct in March from a year earlier, compared with
an 8.8 pct rise in February, the Bank of Japan said.
    The seasonally adjusted March average of M-2 plus CDs rose
0.8 pct from February when it rose an identical 0.8 pct from a
month earlier, it said.
    Unadjusted M-2 plus CDs stood at an average 343,600 billion
yen in March compared with 336,015 billion in February.
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