Thus, it was decided that the monetary base should rise at an annual pace  BIS central bankers’ speeches  3  of about 60–70 trillion yen over two years; this would double the amount outstanding from 138 trillion yen at end-2012 to about 200 trillion yen at end-2013 and further to 270 trillion yen at end-2014 (Chart 9).
Other interesting illustrations of ensuring business continuity in the Indian context are perhaps the stock market episodes of May 17, 2004 and more recently on May 18, 2006. On May 17, 2004, in the wake of change of Government, stock markets in India witnessed a record fall in price, which triggered the index-based circuit breaker twice during the day.