Japan June monetary base +0.4 pct yr/yr - BOJ

Tue Jul 1, 2008 8:04pm EDT
 
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 TOKYO, July 2 (Reuters) - Japan's monetary base rose 0.4
percent in June from a year earlier, Bank of Japan data showed on
Wednesday.
 The monetary base has been mostly stable since the middle of
last year as a rise in BOJ note issuance offset falls in current
account deposits at the BOJ.
 Details were as follows (percent, year-on-year, with final
column showing month-on-month change seasonally adjusted):
    Monetary  BOJ note  Coins       Current   Bank     Month-
    base      issuance  in circ     deposits  resrvs  on-month
 June   +0.4      +0.7      +0.8        -2.2      -2.9     +16.8
 May    -0.9      +0.7      +0.8       -16.0     -16.7     +13.7
 April  -2.8      +0.6      +0.9       -27.3     -28.1     -13.2
 March  -0.0      +0.8      +1.0        -7.4      -6.2      -7.3
 Average outstanding monetary base:
 June : 88.0155 trillion yen ($829.9 billion)
 May  : 87.9638 trillion yen
 For the full tables, click here
 ($1=106.04 Yen)
 (Reporting by Hideyuki Sano)






















 
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