Macao's broad money supply retreats in February

MACAO, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Macao's broad money supply retreated by 1.1 percent month on month to 716.1 billion patacas (about 88.5 billion U.S. dollars) in February, the special administrative region's (SAR) monetary watchdog said on Tuesday.

According to statistics released by the Monetary Authority of Macao, currency in circulation and demand deposits dropped 3.3 percent and 4.1 percent, respectively. M1 thus