MOSCOW, February 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Central Bank said Friday that the country's narrowly defined money supply (M1) was 3,017 billion rubles ($113.9 billion at the current exchange rate) as of January 29, down 6.2 billion rubles ($234 million) in the week since January 22.
According to the Bank, M1 money supply consists of the currency issued by the bank, including cash in vaults of credit institutions, and required reserves balances on ruble deposits with the Central Bank.