CONTENTS
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CHAPTER 1 GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
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Growth of Gross Domestic Product
Changes in Raw Material Stocks
Growth of Gross Domestic Product and Domestic Exports
Components of the Gross Domestic Product
(a) Private Consumption Expenditure
(b) Expenditure on Plant, Machinery and Equipment (c) Government Expenditure
CHAPTER 2 · Overseas TRADE
Introduction
Terms of Trade.
Import and Export Price Changes
Imports of Raw Materials
(a) Import Prices
(b) Quantities Imported
(c) Changes in Supply Patterns.
Imports of Capital Goods .
Imports of Foodstuffs and Consumer Goods
Domestic Exports
(a) Recent Growth
(b) Commodities Exported.
(c) Principal Export Markets
(i) United States
(ii) United Kingdom.
(iii) Federal Republic of Germany
(iv) Japan
Re-exports.
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2-3
4
5-6
7
8
9-10
11
12
13-14
15
16-18
19-20
21
22-24
25-26
27-29
30-33
34
35-36
37-38
CHAPTER 3- THE MONEY AND FOREIGN EXCHANge MarketS
The Money Supply
39
The Money Supply and the Gross Domestic Product.
40
The Money Supply and the Banking System
41
The Money Supply and the Ratio of Advances and Loans to Deposits
42
The Money Supply and Net Flows of Funds through the Foreign Exchange Market .
43-45
The Money Supply and the Stock Market.
46-49
The Money Supply and Interest Rates
50
Bank Liquidity.
Exchange Value of the Hong Kong Dollar.
External Value of the Hong Kong Dollar
51
52-54
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