Monetary aggregates (M3) of Kazakhstan decreased to KZT1,545 bn. as on February 1, 2005

/IRBIS, Almaty, March 15, 05/ - As of February 1, 2005 money supply (M3) of Kazakhstan at February 1 fell to KZT1,545.2 bn from KZT1,643.7 bn at January 1, the monthly report of the Statistics Agency says. Emission of monetary funds in December 2004 totaled KZT36.2 bn. Following is the dynamics of the money supply change (in billion KZT, by the end of the period): ----------------------------------------------------------- Aggregate Specific gravity month М3 М2 М1 М0 М0 in М3 in % --------- ------- ------- ----- ----- ---------------- January 1,545.2 1,096.6 610.6 345.7 22.4 December 1,634.7 1,164.5 677.5 379.3 23.2 November 1,523.1 1,167.8 631.2 345.9 22.7 October 1,366.3 997.3 595.1 332.0 24.3 September 1,312.2 968.3 564.3 312.1 23.8 August 1,262.8 926.4 555.3 305.7 24.2 July 1,213.3 888.7 532.8 299.0 24.6 July 1,200.3 879.7 511.8 281.5 23.5 May 1,147.5 852.4 483.6 260.5 22.7 April 1,090.3 784.1 452.9 257.0 23.6 March 1,053.3 770.0 442.5 244.9 23.2 February 1,016.3 732.4 426.7 241.3 23.7 January 969.8 700.3 402.6 231.2 23.8 2003 * 971.2 692.8 411.6 238.7 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 ----------------------------------------------------------- * - taking into account closing circulation. [2005-01-15]