MOSCOW, March 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Central Bank said Friday the country's narrowly defined money supply (M1) was 3 trillion 111 million rubles ($119.6 billion at the current exchange rate) as of March 26, up 6.7 billion rubles ($257.6 million) in the week since March 19.
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.
