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Money growth


At the end of the second quarter of 1999, the money supply was Col. $9,518 billion, 6.3% higher than on June 27 of 1998. This is explained by an increase of cash holdings 29.4% and by the reduction in official and private current account deposits, which registered growth of 8.8% in the same period.

MONEY GROWTH (M1)
Annual Variation

MONEY GROWTH
(Annual Variation %)

END OF
QUARTER

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1

25.8

28.1

24.1

33.7

34.0

37.4

2

27.3

26.0

25.5

44.1

30.4

30.4

3

26.0

29.4

29.7

35.5

36.6

30.0

4

28.9

25.2

31.7

41.0

30.0

25.3

END OF
QUARTER

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999 pr

 

1

19.4

19.3

14.9

12.2

-1.7

 

2

17.9

15.6

22.5

2.2

6.3

 

3

13.1

15.3

20.4

0.9

   

4

20.2

16.5

21.7

-3.9

   

pr: Preliminary.

Source
: Banco de la República - Economic studies.