The monetary base in Japan was down 4.8 percent on year in April, the Bank of Japan said on Friday - coming in at 656.977 trillion yen.
That missed expectations for a decline of 2.0 percent on year following the upwardly revised 3.1 percent contraction in March (originally -3.2 percent).
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