Measure of the money supply used by the Bank of Japan. The figure includes all currency in circulation plus all bank deposits. This indicator tends to track closely with the total money supply. The figure focuses mostly on individual deposit accounts rather than institutional accounts, making it a more attractive money indicator than broad liquidity measures.

The headline figure is the percentage change from the previous year.

Relevance : Rarely affects markets
Release schedule : 23:50 (GMT), monthly, in the second week of the following month.
Revisions schedule : Revised and seasonally-adjusted annually
Source of report : Bank of Japan
Web Address : http://www.boj.or.jp/en
Address of release : http://www.boj.or.jp/en/theme/research/stat/money/ms/index.htm
AKA : Money Stock