Japan Aug M3 money supply up 2.0 pct yr/yr - BOJ

Published: 07 Sep 2009 16:00:03 PST

TOKYO, Sept 8 - Japan's M3 money supply rose 2.0 percent in August from a year earlier, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday.

Following is a breakdown of daily average figures for money supply (preliminary, with percentage changes; some previous figures may be revised, economists' median forecasts in parentheses):

Year-on-year AUG JULY JUNE AUG YEAR AGO M2 +2.8(+2.7) +2.7 +2.5 +2.4 M3 +2.0(+1.9) +1.9 +1.7 +1.0 Broadest liquidity +0.1(-0.1) 0.0 -0.1 +0.6 To view the full tables, go to http://www.boj.or.jp/en/type/stat/boj_stat/ms/ms0908.pdf