Monetary mass (M3) in Kazakhstan as of October 1, 2001 - KZT533.8bn

/IRBIS, Nov 19, 01/ - REUTERS informs, with the reference to the Statistics agency of Kazakhstan, that as of October 1, 2001 monetary mass (M3) increased to KZT533.8bn from KZT360.0bn on similar date of last year. By the end of September the proportion of cash within total monetary mass is said to have increased by 0.3% in comparison with the August's figure. It is also said that KZT7.4bn was issued into the circulation in September of this year. Following is the dynamics of the monetary mass as of the end of the month (in bn KZT at the end of the period): ---------------------------------------------------------------- Proportion of М0 in М3, % Aggregate М3 М2 М1 М0 --------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ------------------------- September 533.8 355.6 227.3 124.2 23.3 August 508.3 338.5 209.8 116.9 23.0 July 507.0 353.3 206.2 113.8 22.4 June 468.1 347.1 206.9 110.5 23.6 May 412.2 307.0 188.7 104.5 25.4 April 408.3 295.7 182.8 106.2 26.0 March 418.7 311.5 194.5 102.0 24.4 Fbruary 401.4 291.0 186.2 100.2 25.0 January 380.7 271.8 174.6 96.1 25.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The volume of monetary mass (M3) last year (without final turnovers) has increased from KZT 273.9bn to KZT399.5bn. An official rate of refinancing of the National Bank of Kazakhstan as of September 6 is 11.0 % APR.