|
Selected Monetary and Foreign Exchange
Indicators
| |
2000
December |
2001
December |
2002
December |
2003 |
Rate
of Growth |
| |
January |
February |
Feb.2003/
Jan-03 |
| 1. Reserve money1) |
21,327 |
46,856 |
78,134 |
75,881 |
68,128 |
-10.2 |
| 2. Giro accounts
of banks 2) |
4,088 |
8,015 |
14,201 |
13,723 |
7,519 |
-45.2 |
| 3. Currency in
circulation |
10,932 |
25,324 |
43,651 |
37,884 |
35,867 |
-5.3 |
| 4. Money supply
(M1)3) |
29,976 |
62,278 |
111,244 |
114,762 |
110,690 |
-3.5 |
| 5. Money supply
(M2)4) |
37,331 |
70,962 |
129,826 |
129,890 |
124,739 |
-4.0 |
6. Foreign
currency reserves of NBS
(in millions of US$) |
524 |
1,169 |
2,280 |
2,266 |
2,182 |
-3.7 |
| 7. NBS securities
sold5) |
86 |
715 |
1,549 |
2,423 |
2,462 |
1.6 |
| 8. Discount rate
of NBS6) |
26.34 |
16.43 |
9.50 |
9.00 |
9.00 |
|
| 9. Average money
market interest rates6) |
117.43 |
55.31 |
32.21 |
30.40 |
33.65 |
|
| 10. Average
interest rate on NBS securities6) |
41.80 |
20.00 |
10.33 |
9.97 |
11.72 |
|
| 11. Valve of EUR
against dinar |
58.67 |
59.71 |
61.52 |
62.41 |
63.29 |
1.4 |
| 12. Valve of USD
against dinar |
63.16 |
67.67 |
58.98 |
57.73 |
58.66 |
1.6 |
| Selected
indicators in % |
Changes
1 - 28
Feb 2003 |
| 13.Currency in
circulation/M1 |
36.5 |
40.7 |
39.2 |
33.0 |
32.4 |
-0.6 |
| 14. Foreign
currency reserves of NBS/M1 |
110.4 |
127.0 |
120.9 |
114.1 |
115.6 |
1.5 |
15. Foreign
currency reserves of NBS/
three-month
average of imports7) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 187,2 |
283.1 |
379.6 |
440.0 |
424.0 |
-16.0 |
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