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.
  

