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Table 7 Currency in circulation and bank loans
Currency in circulation
Bank loans
% increase over the previous year
As at end of
Amount
% increase over the previous year
Amount
(Rmb bn)
(Rmb bn)
1979
26.8
26.3
204.0
N.A.
1980
34.6
29.3
241.4
18.4
1981
39.6
14.5
276.5
14.5
1982
43.9
10.8
305.2
10.4
1983
53.0
20.7
343.1
12.4
1984
79.2
49.4
442.0
28.8
1985
98.8
24.7
536.6
21.4
1986
121.8
23.3
759.0
41.5
Source
:
Statistical Yearbook of China 1986 China Database dated 25.4.87.
G.F. 326
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