Japan: Monetary Base rises 5.5% in January (YoY)

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:58:00 +0100

Japan: Monetary Base rises 5.5% in January (YoY)

FXstreet.com (Córdoba) - The Monetary Base in Japan grew by 5.5% over the year to January 2011 reaching 1,034,826 million yen, said the Bank of Japan today. This rise however, did not meet market expectations of a 7.6% increase.

The pace of growth has decreased in January, as the monetary base rose 7.0% through the year to December 2010 and 7.6% in November 2010.