Hong Kong dollars,
earlier (8)
Domestic credit
3.6
compared with $3,543 million six months
Outstanding loans and advances for use in Hong Kong
extended by banks and deposit-taking companies expanded by 18%
during the first half, following increases of 26% in the first
half and of 15% in the second half of 1981. The quarterly pattern suggests a moderation in the growth rate since the
second quarter of 1981.
3.7
During 1981, loans and advances for use in Hong Kong
extended by banks had grown more slowly than similar loans
extended by deposit-taking companies. But the trend was
reversed in the first half of this year, with loans
with loans by banks
(8) Negotiable certificates of deposit deposit-taking companies in Hong Kong:
/ increasing
(NCDs)
issued by banks and
As at end of quarter
NCDS issued and outstanding
Locally-issued NCDs held by banks & dtcs
($Mn)
Locally-issued
NCDS held outside the monetary sector
Total
Of which in HK$
Total
Of which in HK$
Of which
Total
in HK$
1980 Q4
1981 Q1
Q3
1982 Q1
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2,772 1,880
1,220
917
1,552
963
3,245 2,049
1,529
1,107
1,716
942
Q2
3,717 2,293
1,777
1,257
1,940
1,036
4,813 2,675
2,209 1,461
2,604
1,214
Q4
6,235 3,543
2,868 1,797
3,366
1,747
7,384 4,002
3,592 2,094
3,792
1,908
Q2
8,910 4,670
4,483
2,392
4,427
2,278
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