資金供給量、２年ぶり増　国債大量購入で過去最高―昨年末

　日銀は５日、市中に出回っている現金と金融機関が日銀に預けている当座預金の合計を示すマネタリーベース（資金供給量）の残高が、２０２３年末時点で前年末比６．４％増の６７３兆４７０億円だったと発表した。長期金利の上昇を抑えるために日銀が国債を大量購入したことから、残高が２年ぶりに前年末の水準を上回り、年末ベースで過去最高を更新した。（2024/01/05-11:28）

Japan's monetary base at the end of 2023 rose 6.4 pct from a year before to 673,047 billion yen, up for the first time in two years, the Bank of Japan said Friday.
   The combined balance of currency in circulation and commercial financial institutions' current account deposits at the BOJ climbed to a record high on a year-end basis.
   The increase reflected the central bank's massive purchases of Japanese government bonds to curb rises in long-term interest rates.
   The BOJ relaxed its yield curve control program three times since December 2022. This led to upward pressure on long-term rates in interdealer bond trading and prompted the central bank to make JGB purchases.
   The monetary base had swelled from 2013, when former BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda launched his massive monetary easing policy, to the end of 2021.