JAPAN MARCH MONEY SUPPLY RISES 9.0 PCT Japan's broadly defined money supply average of M-2 plus certificate of deposits (CD) rose a preliminary 9.0 pct in March from a year earlier, compared with an 8.8 pct rise in February, the Bank of Japan said. The seasonally adjusted March average of M-2 plus CDs rose 0.8 pct from February when it rose an identical 0.8 pct from a month earlier, it said. Unadjusted M-2 plus CDs stood at an average 343,600 billion yen in March compared with 336,015 billion in February.