April 23 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's M3, the broadest gauge of money supply, increased 10.4% year-on-year to 95 billion levs ($54.7 billion/48.6 billion euro) at the end of March, same as its growth rate at the end of February, the central bank, BNB, said on Tuesday.
The narrowest measure of money supply, M1, rose 14.3% on the year to 55 billion levs at the end of March, compared to a 14.1% annual rise at the end of February, BNB said in a statement.
Net foreign assets increased 10.7% year-on-year at the end of March, reaching 57.5 billion levs. Net domestic assets added 10.4% on the year to 58.7 billion levs.
Details follow (y/y pct change unless otherwise stated):
|
end-March (mln levs) |
end-March |
end-Feb |
M3 |
95,039 |
10.4 |
10.4 |
M1 |
55,015 |
14.3 |
14.1 |
Quasi money (M2-M1) |
40,024 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
Net foreign assets |
57,467 |
10.7 |
9.9 |
Net domestic assets |
58,690 |
10.4 |
10.3 |
source: BNB
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)