JAPAN FEBRUARY MONEY SUPPLY RISES 8.8 PCT Japan's broadly defined money supply average of M-2 plus certificate of deposits (CDs) rose a preliminary 8.8 pct in February from a year earlier, compared with an 8.6 pct rise in January, the Bank of Japan said. The seasonally adjusted February average of M-2 plus CDs supply rose 0.8 pct from January, it said. Unadjusted M-2 plus CDs stood at an average 336,000 billion yen in February compared with 337,100 billion yen in January.