The Central Bank announced that the Money Supply aggregate M1 increased by 1.1%, from AED 653.9 billion at the end of July 2021 to AED 661.1 billion at the end of August 2021.
The Money Supply aggregate M2 increased by 0.7%, from AED 1,477.9 billion at the end of July 2021 to AED 1,487.8 billion at the end of August 2021.
The Money Supply aggregate M3 also increased by 0.3%, from AED 1,775.0 billion at the end of July 2021 to AED 1,780.7 billion at the end of August 2021.
The rise in M1 was due to AED 9.7 billion increase in Monetary Deposits, overriding AED 2.5 billion reduction in Currency in Circulation Outside Banks. M2 increased due to an increased M1 and AED 2.7 billion rise in Quasi-Monetary Deposits. M3 rose due to increases in M1 and M2, overshadowing AED 4.2 billion drop in Government Deposits.
The Monetary Base expanded by 1.8 % rising from AED 436.9 billion at the end of July 2021 to AED 444.7 billion at the end of August 2021. The main driving force behind this expansion in the Monetary Base was 68.5% increase in Banks & OFCs’ Current Accounts & Overnight Deposits of Banks at CBUAE, overshadowing the fall in Currency Issued by 2.6%, in Reserve Account by 16.2% and in Certificates of Deposit & Monetary Bills by 1.5%.
Gross banks’ assets, including bankers’ acceptances, decreased by 0.2%, declining from AED 3,233.4 billion at the end of July 2021 to AED 3,228.5 billion at the end of August 2021.
Gross credit increased by 0.2% climbing from AED 1,768.6 billion at the end of July 2021 to AED 1,771.4 billion at the end of August 2021. Gross Credit increased because of 0.3% rise in Domestic Credit, overshadowing the 0.8% fall in Foreign Credit. The rise in Domestic Credit was mainly due to 0.6%, 0.3% and 4.5% increase in Credit to the Government Sector, Private Sector and Non-Banking Financial Institutions respectively, despite the reduction in Credit to Public Sector (Government Related Entities) by 0.3%.
Total Bank Deposits increased by 0.7%, rising from AED 1,915.1 billion at the end of July 2021 to AED 1,928.7 billion at the end of August 2021. The rise in the Total Bank Deposits was due to 0.6% increase in Resident Deposits and 1.5% increase in Non-Resident Deposits. Resident Deposits rose due to 4.6% rise in GRE Deposits and 0.6% rise in Private Sector Deposits, superseding reductions in Government Sector Deposits and Non-Banking Financial Institutions Deposits by 1.0% and 12.1%, respectively.
Note:
M1 = Currency in circulation outside Banks + Monetary Deposits (current accounts and call accounts at banks)
M2 = M1 + Quasi-monetary Deposits (resident time and saving deposits in Dirhams and resident deposits in foreign currencies)
M3 = M2 +Government Deposits at banks operating in the UAE as well as at the Central Bank
