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