Editing Money supply (section)

====Japan====
[[File:Money supply of japan.gif|thumb|[[Japan]]ese money supply (April 1998 – April 2008)]]
The [[Bank of Japan]] defines the monetary aggregates as:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boj.or.jp/en/type/exp/stat/data/exms01.pdf |page=11 |publisher=Bank of Japan }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* '''M1''': cash currency in circulation, plus deposit money
* '''M2 + CDs''': M1 plus [[quasi-money]] and [[certificate of deposit|CDs]]
* '''M3 + CDs''': M2 + CDs plus deposits of post offices; other savings and deposits with financial institutions; and money trusts
* '''Broadly defined liquidity''': M3 and CDs, plus money market, pecuniary trusts other than money trusts, investment trusts, bank debentures, commercial paper issued by financial institutions, repurchase agreements and [[securities lending]] with cash collateral, government bonds and foreign bonds