sentences: in respect of money supply, owing to the economic slowdown and weaker annual  growth  in  bank  loans  and  investments  so  far  this  year,  the  annual  growth  rate  of  the  monetary aggregate m2, measured on a daily average basis, decreased to 6.44 during  the jan.-oct. period from the 7.54 recorded in the same period last year, still within  the reference range of 2.5-6.5