/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):

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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
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* - taking into account closing circulation.

[2005-01-15]