/REUTERS, Almaty, June 14, 04/ - As of May 1, 2004 money supply (M3) of Kazakhstan rose by 3.5% in comparison with previous month to KZT1,090.3 bn, (1,053.3 bn as of April 1) as regular report of Kazakhstan statistics agency states referring to National bank's data.

Emission of monetary funds in March 2004 totaled KZT12.6 bn.

As of May 1 volume of monetary base equaled KZT316.3 bn.

Following is the dynamics of the money supply change (in billion KZT, by 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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April 2004    1,090.3 784.1 452.9 257.0           23.6
March 2004    1,053.3 770.0 442.5 244.9           23.2
February 2004 1,016.3 732.4 426.7 241.3           23.7
January 2004    969.8 700.3 402.6 231.2           23.8
2003            969.8 691.7 411.3 238.7           24.6
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.

[2004-06-14]