CAIRO- Egypt's M2 money supply increased 19.17% year-on-year in August, data from the central bank showed on Wednesday.

The money supply stood at 4.68 trillion Egyptian pounds ($297.90 billion).

($1 = 15.7100 Egyptian pounds)

(Reporting by Nadine Awadalla and Patrick Werr Editing by Gareth Jones) ((Nadine.Awadalla@thomsonreuters.com;))