Over the past few months, broad money has grown at the fastest pace in several years in y/y terms. However, the Bank of Japan can only take part of the credit: the initial acceleration happened well before the Bank adopted its aggressive new easing stance. Similarly, the ongoing pick-up in bank lending actually began in the middle of last year.
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