GROWTH in money supply accelerated in March but expansion in bank lending lost pace as loans for production activities slowed, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Friday.

Domestic liquidity or M3 expanded by 11.7 percent in March, from February’s revised 11.2 percent uptick, to P8.5 trillion. Month-on-month and seasonally adjusted, M3 growth was 1.7 percent.

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