CAIRO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Egypt's M2 money supply was up 39.52 percent at the end of December from a year earlier, central bank data showed on Tuesday.

The money supply stood at 2.7 trillion Egyptian pounds ($143.85 billion), the bank said.

($1 = 18.7700 Egyptian pounds)

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