S. AFRICAN M-3 MONEY GROWTH SLOWS IN JANUARY
South African year-on-year broadly
defined M-3 money supply growth slowed to 8.62 pct in January
from 9.32 pct in December, Reserve Bank figures show.
    M-3 fell to 77.98 billion rand in January from 79.31
billion in December, while preliminary February figures show
M-3 at 79.42 billion rand for a year-on-year rise of 10.63 pct.
    M-2 showed a rise of 5.09 pct for January at 55.68 billion
rand after 4.30 pct in December, M-1 16.72 pct at 5.12 billion
after 12.80 pct and M-1A 22.79 pct at 14.30 billion rand after
20.54 pct.
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