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Reports on the monetary policy of earlier years
Monetary policy report 1999
Announcement of an unchanged monetary policy
Economic revival - smooth launch of the euro
On average, slightly lower call money rates
Declining sight deposits
No end-of-year problems
Stagnating monetary base
Weak growth of the money stock M3
Weak growth of the money stock M3
The money stock M3, considered by the National Bank to be the most important monetary aggregate in the past few years, showed only a slight rise in 1999. In the fourth quarter, M3
exceeded the corresponding previous year's level by 0.7%.