/REUTERS, Almaty, July 15, 03/ - The monthly report of Kazakhstan statistics agency says that according to the National Bank's data as of June 1, 2003 the volume of money supply (M3) increased by 4.5% in comparison with previous month having equaled to KZT853.3 bn.

In May of 2003 cash issuing into circulation was KZT7.5 bn.

Following is the dynamics of the money supply change (in billion KZT, as of the end of the period):

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Aggregate                                 Position of
month         М3     М2     М1     М0  М0 in М3, as %
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May        853.3  588.9  325.6  174.3            20.4
April      816.5  533.9  307.3  167.0            20.5
March      793.0  524.6  294.9  159.2            20.1
February   772.5  484.3  276.7  153.6            19.9
January    725.0  442.0  255.4  143.1            19.7
2002*      765.0  498.1  287.3  161.7            21.1
2001       576.0  338.0  224.2  131.2            22.8
2000       397.0  290.6  195.4  106.4            26.8
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* including final turnovers.

[2003-07-15]