Feb 17 (Reuters) - Oman's M2 money supply grew 10.7 percent

year-on-year at the end of December after an 11.0 percent rise

the previous month, data from the central bank showed on Sunday.

Bank lending grew 14.4 percent in December, down from 16.0

percent in November and the slowest rate since October 2011, the

data also showed.

OMAN MONEY SUPPLY END-DEC 12 END-NOV 12 END-DEC 11

M1 change yr/yr (pct) 13.9 14.7 6.6

M2 change yr/yr 10.7 11.0 12.2

M2-M1 change yr/yr 9.3 9.1 14.9

Total credit yr/yr 14.4 16.0 16.7

OMAN C.BANK FOREIGN ASSETS

bln rials 5.510 5.616 5.524

change yr/yr (pct) -0.2 10.5 10.3

NOTE. Percentage changes are Reuters calculations based on the

official data.

(Reporting by Andrew Torchia; Editing by Todd Eastham)

Keywords: OMAN MONEYSUPPLY/

(Martin.Dokoupil@thomsonreuters.com)(+971 4 362 5832)(Reuters Messaging: martin.dokoupil.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)

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