Bahrain money supply growth accelerates in November

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Bahrain's M2 money supply growth
accelerated to 8.2 percent year-on-year in November from a
four-month low of 6.7 percent in October, central bank data
showed on Friday.
Bank lending growth to the private sector, however,
decelerated to 7.8 percent from 9.4 percent.

BAHRAIN MONEY SUPPLY END-NOV 12 END-OCT 12 END-NOV 11
M1 change yr/yr (pct) 8.5 6.2 3.8

M2 change yr/yr 8.2 6.7 1.9

M2-M1 change yr/yr 8.1 7.0 1.1

Private sector credit yr/yr 7.8 9.4 13.0

BAHRAIN C.BANK NET FOREIGN ASSETS
bln dinars 1.826 1.833 1.708

change yr/yr (pct) 6.9 17.1 -7.8

NOTE. Percentage changes are Reuters calculations based on
official data.