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Overall bank lending in Japan was up 1.8 percent on year in December, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday - coming in at 544.091 trillion yen.

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The M2 money stock in Japan was up 2.7 percent on year in December, the Bank of Japan said on Wednesday - coming in at 1,041.6 trillion yen.

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The Bank of Japan left its monetary policy stimulus unchanged but upgraded its growth outlook citing government's economic measures. The Policy Board of the BoJ, on Tuesday, voted 7-2 to retain the interest rate at -0.1 percent on current accounts that financial institutions maintain at the central bank.

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Producer prices in Japan were up 2.1 percent on year in December, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday - in line with expectations and unchanged from the previous month.

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Overall consumer prices in the Tokyo region of Japan were up 0.6 percent on year in January, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Friday.

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The unemployment rate in Japan came in at a seasonally adjusted 2.2 percent in December, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Friday.

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Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said that international cooperation was of key importance in regulating stable coins such as Libra, the stable coin planned by Facebook.

“If Libra is introduced, it could have a huge impact on society,” said Kuroda, stressing out that policymakers must ensure the highest level of regulation to such stable coins.

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Producer prices in Japan were up 2.3 percent on year in January, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday.

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Overall consumer prices in the Tokyo region were up just 0.4 percent on year in February, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Friday.

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The monetary base in Japan was up 3.6 percent on year in February, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday - coming in at 510.631 trillion yen.

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