JAPAN FEBRUARY MONEY SUPPLY RISES 8.8 PCT

  Japan's broadly defined money supply
  average of M-2 plus certificate of deposits (CDs) rose a
  preliminary 8.8 pct in February from a year earlier, compared
  with an 8.6 pct rise in January, the Bank of Japan said.
      The seasonally adjusted February average of M-2 plus CDs
  supply rose 0.8 pct from January, it said.
      Unadjusted M-2 plus CDs stood at an average 336,000 billion
  yen in February compared with 337,100 billion yen in January.
  

