LOANS ABROAD
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1979
THE TOTAL OF LOANS ABROAD BY BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES TOGETHER FELL SLIGHTLY, WITH BANK LOANS ABROAD FALLING BY $422 MILLION TO $19 712 MILLION, WHILE LENDING ABROAD BY DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES ROSE BY $337 MILLION TO $22 940 MILLION.
BALANCE SHEET RATIOS
THE AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO FOR ALL BANKS ROSE DURING OCTOBER TO 50.1 PER CENT, FROM 49.2 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER. THE IR LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO FELL SLIGHTLY, TO 84.7 PER CENT FROM 85 PER CENT AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
THE LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO FOR ALL DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES ALSO FELL, FROM 55.8 PER CENT AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER TO 54 PER CENT AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
TWO MORE LICENSED BANKS BEGAN TO OPERATE IN OCTOBER. BRINGING THE NUMBER OF REPORTING BANKS UP TO 105. SIX MORE REGISTERED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES BEGAN TO OPERATE, BRINGING THE IR NUMBER UP TO 264.
THE DETAILED FIGURES AND COMPARISONS WITH EARLIER MONTHS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
FIGURES FOR
EARLIER MONTHS (% CHANGE):
IN SMILLION
OCT 79
SEP 79
JULY 79
OCT 78
M1
26 382
26 062 (+1.2%)
M2
87 923
93 596
90 840 (+3.0%)
85 904 (+2.4%)
24 769 (+6.5%)
82 536 (+6.5%)
86 877 (+7.7%)
(+22.8%)
70 678 (+24.4%)
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21 481
M3
BANKS
DEPOSITS
81 159
79 029
LOANS AND ADVANCES
68 717
IN HONG KONG
75 941
(+2.7%) (+6.9%)
67 191 64 268 (+2.3%) (+6.9%)
64 473 (+25.9%)
48 533 (+41.6%)
LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO
84.7%
85.0%
84.6%
75.3%
AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO
50.1%
49.2%
49.2%
46.5%
/DEPOSIT-TAKING