Monetary mass (M3) in Kazakhstan as of August 1, 2001 - KZT507.0bn

/IRBIS, Sept 20, 01/ - REUTERS informs, with the reference to the Statistics agency of Kazakhstan, that as of August 1, 2001 monetary mass (M3) increased to KZT507.0bn from KZT342.1bn on similar date of last year. In late July the proportion of cash within total monetary mass is said to have decreased by 1.2%. It is also said that KZT5.0bn was issued into the circulation in late July of this year. Following is the dynamics of the monetary mass as of the end of the month (in bln KZT at the end of the period): ------------------------------------------------------------------------ July June May April March February January Aggregate 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2000* 1999 ------------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -------- ------- ----- ----- М3 507.0 468.1 412.2 408.3 418.7 401.4 380.7 399.5 273.9 М2 353.3 347.1 307.0 295.7 311.5 291.0 271.8 290.8 237.3 М1 206.2 206.9 188.7 182.8 194.5 186.2 174.6 195.4 162.1 М0* 113.8 110.5 104.5 106.2 102.0 100.2 96.1 106.4 103.5 Proportion of М0 in М3, % 22.4 23.6 25.4 26.0 24.4 25.0 25.2 26.6 37.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * - preliminary data without final turnovers