CONTENTS
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CHAPTER 1: OVERALL VIEW
Introduction
1.1
Domestic demand and exports
1.2
Demand for and supply of domestic resources Inflation and the monetary aggregates
1.4
1.7
CHAPTER 2: THE EXTERNAL SECTOR
Domestic exports
2.1
Domestic exports to main markets
2.3
Imports
2.6
Re-exports
2.8
The visible trade "gap" and the terms of trade Invisible trade
2.10
2.12
CHAPTER 3: THE FINANCIAL SECTOR
Introduction
3.1
The money supply
3.6
Loans and advances for use in Hong Kong Inflows and outflows of funds
3.9
3.12
Interest rates
3.13
The foreign exchange market
3.14
The securities, gold and commodity markets
3.15
CHAPTER 4: THE LABOUR SECTOR
General considerations
4.1
The supply of and the demand for labour Employment by sectors
4.3
4.5
Wages and earnings
4.10
CHAPTER 5: ACTIVITY IN SELECTED SECTORS
Manufacturing
5.1
Property
5.4
Building and construction (including civil
engineering)
5.7
Land
5.11
Activity in other selected sectors
5.12
CHAPTER 6: PRICES
Inflation
Import prices
Prices of output
Consumer prices
STATISTICAL APPENDIX
6.1
6.2
6.
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6.6