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To: Les H who wrote (190295)	9/3/2002 3:24:44 PM
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All your monetary base are belong to us... Aug monetary base rises 26.1% Tuesday, September 3, 2002 at 17:30 JST TOKYO — Japan's monetary base in August rose 26.1% from a year earlier to 86,088.1 billion yen, for the 19th consecutive month of expansion, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) said Tuesday. The monetary base — cash in circulation plus money in current accounts held by banks at the central bank — rose 25.1% in July. The August increase was the 12th straight double-digit rise. (Kyodo News) MOF considering issuing inflation-linked bonds Tuesday, September 3, 2002 at 09:30 JST TOKYO — The Ministry of Finance is considering issuing inflation-linked bonds and is studying steps to make that possible, the ministry's top bureaucrat said Monday. "We must think about policy on bonds from a broad perspective, and the issuance of inflation-linked bonds is one matter that should be studied," Vice Finance Minister Toshiro Muto said at a news conference. (Kyodo News)