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Date : Sep 13, 2005

Table 173 : Sources of Money Stock

(Rupees crore)
Year / Month *	Net RBI credit to Central Government	Net RBI credit to State Govern- ments	Other banks’ investments in Government securities	Net bank credit to Government (2+3+4)	RBI credit to commercial sector	Other banks’ credit to commercial sector	Bank credit to commercial sector (6+7)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1990-91
April	76062	344	44914	121320	5371	147589	152960
May	79071	504	45804	125379	4979	148017	152996
June	79716	-6	46538	126248	4961	148418	153379
July	80199	28	48202	128429	4919	149462	154381
August	78557	49	49996	128602	5244	149371	154615
September	79283	6	50250	129539	5448	149725	155173
October	82252	206	50308	132766	5521	151661	157182
November	84990	233	50496	135719	5496	155342	160838
December	85043	214	51048	136305	5521	156375	161896
January	86634	116	51091	137841	5489	158952	164441
February	87120	343	51190	138653	5505	160347	165852
March	86758	2090	51345	140193	6342	165427	171769
1991-92
April	90028	682	53707	144417	6354	166951	173305
May	94293	206	53645	148144	5520	168226	173746
June	95928	1	54709	150638	5492	166366	171858
July	97339	333	55989	153661	5436	165895	171331
August	97062	350	56907	154319	5407	165107	170514
September	95649	261	58141	154051	5433	165686	171119
October	98624	356	59132	158112	5486	169849	175335
November	99875	204	61310	161389	5531	169992	175523
December	96570	424	62015	159009	5532	171430	176962
January	100721	218	62464	163403	5636	174025	179661
February	101211	387	63009	164607	6299	174950	181249
March	92266	1750	64247	158263	7260	180733	187993
1992-93
April	97485	422	66698	164605	7522	188105	195627
May	100251	230	67370	167851	7368	189189	196557
June	96179	157	68384	164720	7353	189368	196721
July	100380	-11	69566	169935	6056	191568	197624
August	97923	-	71288	169211	6074	190271	196345
September	97779	73	71286	169138	6027	192787	198814
October	99378	351	71928	171657	6024	199056	205080
November	101815	116	72274	174205	5991	199525	205516
December	93716	523	76479	170718	5997	202865	208862
January	101333	422	73281	175036	6005	206924	212929
February	101040	444	73510	174994	6052	209700	215752
March	96523	1926	77789	176238	6220	213915	220135
1993-94
April	108624	192	77554	186370	6461	217250	223711
May	110249	30	78035	188314	6444	216631	223075
June	105724	28	84580	190332	6399	215405	221804
July	113021	66	82959	196046	6463	215763	222226
August	112768	182	85814	198764	6286	213016	219302
September	108640	154	89759	198553	6302	213623	219925
October	106263	175	88883	195321	6283	219289	225572
November	108512	404	89760	198676	6288	219979	226267
December	104760	406	92327	197493	6314	222969	229283
January	105110	584	98855	204549	6282	227657	233939
February	102131	783	102535	205449	6267	228533	234800
March	96783	2517	104618	203918	6445	231329	237774
1994-95
April	95988	241	115197	211426	6431	233642	240073
May	98288	109	117192	215588	6427	233340	239768
June	98490	141	118661	217291	6483	231555	238038
July	100571	315	118583	219469	6474	234857	241331
August	93023	343	120414	213780	6444	234610	241055
September	88441	288	119955	208684	6499	247551	254050
October	93242	106	120596	213945	6501	250397	256898
November	94523	89	120519	215130	6296	253348	259643
December	91249	334	124416	215999	6317	258934	265251
January	94898	420	120270	215587	6572	265702	272274
February	97502	254	120211	217966	6496	269323	275820
March	98913	2565	120941	222419	6593	286131	292723
(Continued)

(Rupees crore)
Year / Month *	Net foreign exchange assets of the RBI	Net foreign exchange assets of other banks	Net foreign exchange assets of the banking sector (9+10)	Government’s currency liabilities to public	Net non- monetary liabilities of RBI	Net non- monetary liabilities of other banks	Net non- monetary liabilities of banking sector(13+14)	RBI’s gross claims on bank s
1	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1990-91
April	5776	750	6526	1562	17323	27350	44673	6174
May	5032	750	5782	1561	17845	29002	46847	7445
June	5637	728	6365	1577	18426	27638	46064	5741
July	5035	728	5763	1579	18878	28974	47852	3755
August	5382	728	6110	1583	18599	30406	49005	4029
September	4233	728	4961	1586	18424	27505	45929	4755
October	9754	728	10482	1600	25028	27806	52834	7182
November	9122	728	9850	1602	25421	29249	54670	4275
December	8424	689	9113	1606	25248	27258	52506	5407
January	7658	689	8347	1611	26135	27726	53861	6956
February	8024	689	8713	1615	26489	25196	51685	6252
March	7983	2598	10581	1621	27022	31314	58336	10007
1991-92
April	6420	2598	9018	1627	26628	29500	56128	12748
May	6799	2598	9397	1639	27593	27668	55261	6938
June	6758	2681	9439	1643	27279	27936	55215	9961
July	6184	2681	8865	1645	28546	27735	56281	5728
August	7654	2681	10335	1652	28927	26983	55910	7359
September	7870	3777	11647	1658	28509	25022	53531	7480
October	9040	3777	12817	1664	27653	27102	54755	5661
November	11335	3777	15112	1676	27160	26065	53225	4945
December	14353	3102	17455	1681	27051	24430	51481	4599
January	14420	3102	17522	1688	28501	25640	54141	5631
February	15939	3102	19041	1695	27672	25680	53352	6160
March	18838	2388	21226	1704	27415	24722	52137	5102
1992-93
April	18421	2388	20809	1714	25268	33114	58382	10239
May	18205	2388	20593	1727	25454	29527	54981	5569
June	19687	3042	22729	1736	25371	26475	51846	5672
July	20276	3042	23318	1743	26765	28381	55146	5588
August	19531	3042	22573	1750	25339	26866	52205	5740
September	18932	2313	21245	1758	24922	26686	51608	5329
October	17924	2313	20237	1776	23851	26981	50832	6897
November	16423	2313	18736	1785	22852	27137	49989	5442
December	16075	2241	18316	1792	22314	26266	48580	8268
January	15748	2241	17989	1800	24233	28494	52727	7535
February	14439	2241	16680	1811	23825	27720	51545	10487
March	22647	1796	24443	1824	28246	30378	58624	9885
1993-94
April	24629	1796	26425	1837	27290	32102	59392	8110
May	23439	1796	25235	1851	27490	29285	56775	4990
June	23299	1204	24503	1863	28243	28559	56802	4271
July	24553	1204	25757	1873	28565	32202	60767	4635
August	26145	1204	27349	1883	28941	30517	59458	5021
September	26689	1984	28673	1883	26822	29722	56544	4419
October	27699	1984	29683	1911	24978	29596	54574	5834
November	28758	1984	30742	1927	24828	28579	53407	5408
December	32990	1318	34308	1943	24957	28977	53934	5341
January	35707	1318	37025	1956	25929	34323	60252	6991
February	41656	1318	42974	1973	25912	35350	61262	7387
March	51422	3190	54612	1990	26037	41173	67210	5552
1994-95
April	54816	3190	58006	2012	24321	40362	64683	6552
May	56339	3190	59529	2032	24402	40779	65181	5318
June	58279	4418	62698	2057	23992	41975	65967	6191
July	62114	4418	66533	2076	25874	42715	68589	4561
August	63131	4418	67549	2089	23795	39810	63605	9763
September	67018	4417	71435	2113	23793	36731	60524	5936
October	69624	4417	74040	2132	22935	39106	62041	5814
November	70112	4417	74529	2119	23800	38986	62786	6615
December	68369	4417	72786	2145	22149	42460	64609	8115
January	68918	4417	73334	2166	23205	45427	68632	8657
February	68975	4417	73392	2190	22938	45717	68656	11762
March	74720	4312	79032	2379	29358	39601	68958	13470

(Rupees crore)
Year / Month *	Net RBI credit to Central Government	Net RBI credit to State Governments	Other banks’ investments in Government securities	Net bank credit to Government (2+3+4)	RBI credit to commercial sector	Other banks’ credit to commercial sector	Bank’s credit to commercial sector (6+7)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1995-96
April	109663	142	122549	232354	6581	283530	290112
May	110449	17	122787	233253	6562	284066	290628
June	111912	-17	122055	233950	6550	286503	293053
July	119988	-19	122882	242851	6525	288297	294823
August	113169	88	124467	237723	6479	290538	297017
September	107627	569	127651	235847	6540	300172	306711
October	112926	275	129872	243072	6391	304395	310786
November	113285	97	131764	245146	6524	307242	313766
December	110425	330	133796	244551	6493	311408	317900
January	116004	435	134240	250679	6500	320761	327260
February	116177	348	132661	249185	6560	324376	330937
March	118768	2581	136429	257778	6855	337793	344648
1996-97
April	131388	444	136613	268445	6487	334966	341454
May	132495	-14	137902	270384	6479	331797	338276
June	134337	193	140445	274975	6471	333016	339487
July	132936	223	145851	279011	6438	335876	342314
August	124286	255	149393	273934	6428	331407	337835
September	122569	342	150671	273583	6181	338061	344243
October	125029	709	151504	277242	6175	340907	347082
November	126238	711	154199	281149	6277	342495	348772
December	125149	933	156066	282148	6274	346037	352311
January	118114	940	165765	284819	6265	355768	362033
February	116802	812	167829	285444	6228	357572	363800
March	120702	3479	164439	288620	6247	370060	376307
1997-98
April	122177	1209	175368	298754	6938	368709	375647
May	127417	105	175967	303489	7155	368138	375293
June	124740	212	182616	307568	7151	366641	373792
July	123713	290	189260	313264	7731	368946	376677
August	110447	170	196011	306629	7800	370301	378102
September	112971	723	189080	302774	7544	370221	377765
October	114638	975	199131	314743	7608	377561	385169
November	118282	1031	198823	318137	7913	380180	388093
December	127894	1103	192471	321468	7750	387233	394983
January	128889	1681	187853	318423	7805	405202	413007
February	129434	1058	190845	321337	7917	412587	420504
March	133617	1543	195437	330597	8186	425124	433310
1998-99
April	128876	340	208333	337549	8201	423259	431460
May	141664	448	206265	348377	8367	422913	431281
June	148779	1563	210317	360659	8439	420432	428871
July	149932	740	216428	367100	8469	426796	435265
August	139779	857	223986	364622	8200	427375	435525
September	135473	947	231253	367672	8182	434416	442598
October	147633	1236	223604	372474	8228	442246	450475
November	150046	1407	227509	378962	8302	441543	449845
December	147280	1982	230785	380046	8347	444553	452900
January	150495	1301	231288	383084	8401	458788	467188
February	152696	1674	232838	387207	8504	465732	474236
March	145416	7123	234138	386677	12226	483764	495990
1999-00
April	155031	932	244046	400010	10269	483465	493734
May	153263	1916	249869	405048	10200	483289	493490
June	153621	2347	254622	410590	9332	480796	490128
July	154329	1934	262090	418353	9231	489587	498819
August	148562	2105	268741	419409	9594	491903	501497
September	148926	2051	272565	423543	9778	499680	509458
October	155303	3280	274102	432685	11582	512686	524268
November	153351	3619	276479	433449	10087	514633	524720
December	152988	4218	284019	441225	9033	540273	549306
January	148633	2802	285320	436755	9806	541893	551699
February	144331	3912	289194	437436	13287	552664	565950
March	139829	8435	293115	441378	15270	571294	586564

(Rupees crore)
Year / Month *	Net foreign exchange assets of the RBI	Net foreign exchange assets of other banks	Net foreign exchange assets of the banking sector (9+10)	Govern- ment’s currency liabilities to public	Net non- monetary liabilities of RBI	Net non- monetary liabilities of other banks	Net non- monetary liabilities of banking sector (13+14)	RBI’s gross claims on banks
1	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1995-96
April	73770	4312	78082	2245	26615	51314	77929	9075
May	73360	4312	77672	2273	27158	46393	73551	9859
June	71511	3760	75271	2296	25905	46671	72576	11992
July	72185	3760	75945	2326	30954	50937	81891	7566
August	72191	3760	75951	2353	26496	48003	74499	9154
September	71863	3471	75333	2392	25544	44182	69727	11214
October	75256	3471	78727	2426	30655	46640	77295	11919
November	74622	3471	78093	2452	32223	48800	81023	10514
December	74622	3908	78531	2484	32201	48778	80979	11785
January	74262	3908	78171	2437	34794	52889	87683	11200
February	74562	3908	78470	2468	37020	47584	84604	19825
March	74092	8049	82141	2503	32297	55583	87880	21955
1996-97
April	75133	8049	83181	2534	32310	54046	86356	10437
May	74563	8049	82611	2570	32948	49642	82590	9517
June	76024	6080	82103	2597	34208	45424	79632	7566
July	78684	6080	84764	2628	39580	46972	86551	6289
August	79835	6080	85914	2772	36202	38477	74679	6949
September	81651	10490	92140	2816	36949	37475	74424	7500
October	83478	10490	93967	2843	36085	43805	79890	7402
November	85301	10490	95791	2890	37082	42868	79950	6537
December	85386	10673	96059	2808	36998	42780	79778	6660
January	85897	10673	96570	2849	36786	40074	76859	6233
February	84970	10673	95643	2887	34113	37293	71406	6756
March	94817	10679	105496	2918	35184	42146	77330	7005
1997-98
April	95532	10679	106212	2952	34030	41026	75056	5949
May	99398	10679	110077	2994	34347	41453	75800	5758
June	103255	5001	108256	3025	34881	33413	68294	5307
July	105286	5001	110287	3062	39012	38073	77084	5213
August	109245	5001	114245	3098	33792	39354	73146	5338
September	106672	7544	114216	3133	34185	19452	53637	5663
October	108709	7544	116252	3175	33588	32929	66517	5925
November	107822	7544	115366	3201	37474	23739	61213	5634
December	106605	18079	124684	3229	41560	34499	76059	6761
January	108148	18079	126227	3230	42328	39972	82300	6855
February	107933	18079	126012	3305	43763	35986	79749	6594
March	115890	22204	138095	3352	43282	40740	84022	7096
1998-99
April	116205	22204	138410	3388	46319	27592	73911	5944
May	116365	22204	138569	3437	49171	26535	75706	5526
June	115555	26364	141918	3482	53953	26511	80464	5955
July	114984	26364	141347	3522	58364	25410	83774	5498
August	117478	26364	143841	3561	53866	10457	64323	6356
September	123941	30024	153965	3596	55948	10734	66682	8890
October	125362	30024	155387	3642	57491	9475	66965	9413
November	125316	30024	155340	3670	56880	11717	68597	10170
December	126371	39411	165782	3705	59017	19718	78736	9207
January	129306	39411	168717	3752	60801	21705	82507	11818
February	130663	39411	170074	3795	59990	24124	84114	11347
March	137954	39900	177853	3846	60540	22865	83406	13262
1999-00
April	139157	39900	179056	3867	60983	21524	82507	11624
May	142973	39900	182872	3925	61502	19475	80977	10693
June	143537	40830	184367	4020	63267	15156	78423	9586
July	144875	40830	185705	4079	67277	16325	83601	8846
August	143577	40830	184407	4132	62851	14819	77670	8989
September	143498	34938	178436	4177	64271	912	65182	10846
October	143572	34938	178510	4324	66259	11214	77473	14135
November	147615	34938	182553	4384	66557	8433	74991	10571
December	151907	36421	188328	4435	66905	20927	87833	9256
January	152008	36421	188430	4479	68201	18794	86995	11548
February	155273	36421	191694	4528	69780	18720	88500	14888
March	165880	39768	205648	4578	70222	43772	113994	16785

(Rupees crore)
Year / Month *	Net RBI credit to Central Govern- ment	Net RBI credit to State Govern- ments	Other banks’ investments in Government securities	Net bank credit to Government (2+3+4)	RBI credit to commercial sector	Other banks’ credit to commercial sector	Bank credit to commercial sector (6+7)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
2000-01
April	153336	5388	301918	460643	8522	580481	589003
May	150906	2473	311621	465001	13666	577819	591485
June	154222	2346	313924	470491	12117	596414	608531
July	157308	3743	317747	478798	9028	595236	604264
August	148310	2474	318735	469520	12880	600860	613740
September	147997	3953	321689	473639	11361	608526	619887
October	164188	3796	322062	490046	11213	619942	631154
November	153983	4201	335200	493384	12177	622161	634339
December	142870	4648	345403	492921	13523	644415	657938
January	146189	4247	345504	495940	13162	648372	661534
February	146761	5606	350423	502790	11371	653990	665361
March	146534	7343	358078	511955	13287	665932	679218
2001-02
April	151601	5420	374561	531582	11717	670853	682570
May	167308	3183	374469	544959	11307	673881	685188
June	166057	3562	383813	553432	10175	673817	683992
July	158383	3172	398265	559820	11616	679461	691076
August	152362	3771	399294	555427	9256	684995	694252
September	145917	6113	408793	560823	10502	687557	698059
October	150802	5743	409080	565625	11034	697961	708995
November	157759	5342	416392	579492	7737	706460	714197
December	141148	6836	424366	572350	10829	717902	728731
January	146630	5829	426345	578804	7884	725793	733677
February	144055	7295	432443	583793	7836	733451	741286
March	141384	10794	437387	589565	5929	753718	759647
2002-03
April	153360	6742	444897	604999	5462	760545	766007
May	155197	4504	473596	633298	3094	810060	813154
June	142839	5127	486890	634855	2919	812829	815747
July	150960	4371	488421	643753	2925	815367	818292
August	131877	2330	505735	639942	2926	817844	820769
September	123284	4903	508101	636288	2927	826731	829658
October	115209	5344	519559	640112	3106	835092	838198
November	114018	4116	529756	647889	3104	841561	844665
December	105402	5358	529537	640297	2963	855907	858870
January	102114	5709	539798	647621	2925	855750	858675
February	95908	5701	549783	651391	2916	866236	869152
March	112985	7695	555844	676523	3048	895932	898981
2003-04 P
April	122691	4568	572770	700029	3001	898342	901344
May	119764	3781	587184	710729	3008	897409	900417
June	113419	2810	595698	711926	2975	902650	905625
July	93572	3135	619150	715857	2945	897461	900406
August	69548	5238	634216	709001	2951	894422	897373
September	59675	3407	645036	708119	3014	904277	907291
October	66168	5041	650080	721290	2899	934004	936902
November	57997	5842	664887	728726	2084	937736	939821
December	43831	6745	666586	717162	2080	953172	955251
January	48250	4159	671860	724270	2064	950390	952454
February	30512	6957	696979	734448	2061	982215	984276
March	36920	7988	697996	742904	2061	1014089	1016151
2004-05 P
April	7689	5672	739169	752530	2022	1035698	1037719
May	651	3608	747800	752059	2116	1034536	1036652
June	6891	3873	745125	755890	1889	1052318	1054207
July	-1640	4003	758758	761121	1889	1056841	1058731
August	7380	3200	751456	762036	1889	1075415	1077304
September	2392	2194	740293	744879	1889	1097210	1099100
October	18135	4419	740014	762568	1889	1170735	1172624
				[750375]			[1139942]
November	14052	4152	736510	754714	1889	1184850	1186739
				[742521]			[1154057]
December	2594	2175	734769	739539	1889	1202837	1204727
				[727346]			[1172045]
January	11023	3164	745944	760131	1889	1201717	1203607
				[747938]			[1170925]
February	-4517	2480	760927	758889	1389	1233113	1234503
				[746696]			[1201821]
March	-23258	5283	775880	757906	1389	1279150	1280540
				[745713]			[1247858]
2005-06 P
April	-5850	4651	773607	772408	1389	1304242	1305632
				[760215]			[1272950]
May	-16921	854	782919	766852	1389	1325997	1327387
				[754659]			[1294705]
June	-8658	-41	773585	764886	1389	1343372	1344761
				[752693]			[1312079]

(Rupees crore)
Year / Month *	Net foreign exchange assets of the RBI	Net foreign exchange assets of other banks	Net foreign exchange assets of the banking sector (9+10)	Govern- ment’s currency liabilities to public	Net non- monetary liabilities of RBI	Net non- monetary liabilities of other banks	Net non- monetary liabilities of banking sector (13+14)	RBI’s gross claims on banks
1	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
2000-01
April	166743	39768	206510	4633	72588	34107	106696	11637
May	164419	39768	204186	4694	71561	32411	103972	16142
June	164057	42518	206575	4760	77827	35006	112833	15256
July	162371	42518	204889	4826	79814	34910	114724	12095
August	163087	42518	205605	4893	71933	36228	108161	12973
September	162843	47145	209988	4966	71314	33911	105226	12277
October	161415	47145	208559	5042	72366	39249	111615	13198
November	173594	47145	220739	5106	75672	24606	100278	12516
December	187037	47598	234635	5066	81783	36364	118147	14057
January	190175	47598	237773	5223	82662	41433	124094	13598
February	194509	47598	242107	5277	82891	41943	124834	12843
March	197175	52645	249820	5354	79345	53781	133126	12965
2001-02
April	200235	52645	252880	5414	83471	38361	121832	13598
May	200980	52645	253625	5488	85210	34568	119778	11808
June	204362	46854	251216	5565	86675	23135	109810	10726
July	205913	46854	252767	5640	92174	29481	121655	13725
August	211788	46854	258642	5721	85256	30274	115530	10391
September	214344	56384	270728	5805	91789	35720	127509	11124
October	216720	56384	273103	5889	91668	41102	132771	11890
November	224988	56384	281372	5993	92824	49003	141827	9593
December	232111	50764	282875	6077	96783	42744	139527	14292
January	238093	50764	288857	6155	98420	50648	149068	11247
February	245612	50764	296376	6238	102561	50748	153309	11775
March	263969	47066	311035	6366	101220	67038	168258	10748
2002-03
April	269146	47066	316212	6383	108376	42998	151374	11292
May	275234	47066	322299	6459	113288	56697	169985	7418
June	283248	51193	334441	6534	118768	63334	182102	7221
July	291371	51193	342564	6666	121329	75764	197093	6750
August	296132	51193	347325	6728	109274	74781	184055	5732
September	302867	46239	349106	6790	111289	70156	181445	6429
October	310029	46239	356268	6851	111435	71070	182504	6698
November	323042	46239	369281	6907	114779	80426	195205	6198
December	337633	40991	378624	6947	120876	81848	202725	6401
January	350437	40991	391428	6993	127072	83896	210968	6956
February	359727	40991	400718	7036	125869	95122	220991	6118
March	358244	35471	393715	7071	127141	131188	258330	7160
2003-04 P
April	360383	35471	395854	7107	123937	109838	233776	6447
May	382579	35471	418050	7141	132001	119620	251621	5164
June	380954	36637	417591	7155	127578	112395	239973	5669
July	391984	36637	428621	7175	124539	120856	245394	4480
August	392463	36637	429100	7211	106413	116818	223231	3312
September	406673	32882	439556	7229	115936	114649	230585	3106
October	419623	32882	452505	7252	116975	136089	253063	2653
November	441078	32882	473960	7262	126025	148812	274837	2936
December	458605	30891	489496	7272	130628	142235	272863	3244
January	472895	30891	503786	7280	134104	147562	281666	3557
February	487435	30891	518326	7291	132708	152222	284930	2356
March	484413	42173	526586	7296	107585	179676	287261	5419
2004-05 P
April	520009	42173	562182	7314	111038	188555	299593	3415
May	537506	42173	579679	7324	128492	187056	315548	3795
June	541938	33854	575792	7333	134829	182885	317715	2606
July	546541	33854	580395	7339	136967	187250	324218	3230
August	545026	33854	578881	7339	137097	184463	321560	2135
September	536677	37779	574457	7341	128945	201668	330613	1866
October	544963	37779	582743	7361	136685	251907	388593	2297
November	565559	37779	603338	7374	142811	271794	414605	5438
December	568140	39208	607348	7431	132860	278511	411371	5592
January	560344	39208	599552	7436	124359	271002	395361	6234
February	576600	39208	615807	7435	126722	269436	396158	5140
March	612790	36465	649255	7448	119776	321434	441210	5258
2005-06 P
April	613092	36465	649556	7438	125258	262693	387951	5206
May	602316	36465	638781	7495	111539	277848	389387	7093
June	598196	36465	634660	7495	108356	283658	392014	6413
P : Provisional. * As on March 31 for the month of March and last reporting Friday for all other months. Note : 1. Data include the impact of mergers since May 3, 2002. 2. Data in [ ] exclude the impact of conversion of a non-banking entity into a banking entity since October 11, 2004. Also see Notes on Tables.