WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1980
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ANALYSIS OF LENDING BY SECTORS
DETAILS OF THE QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES IN HONG KONG SHOW THAT LOANS BY BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES TOGETHER TO MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY ROSE DURING THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF 1979 BY 10.1 PER CENT, WHILE LOANS FOR TRANSPORT AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT ROSE BY 11.0 PER CENT. LOANS TO THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SECTOR INCREASED BY 12.5 PER CENT, WHILE LOANS TO FINANCIAL CONCERNS (EXCLUDING LOANS TO BANKS OR TO DEPOSIT- TAKING COMPANIES) ROSE BY 32.4 PER CENT. LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY INCREASED BY 11.5 PER CENT, AND LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR ALL OTHER PURPOSES ROSE BY 11.2 PER CENT.
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
THE NUMBER OF REPORTING BANKS WAS UNCHANGED AT 105 AT THE END OF DECEMBER 1979. FOUR MORE DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES BEGAN TO REPORT DURING THE MONTH, BRINGING THEIR TOTAL TO 269.
THE FOLLOWING ARE TABLES SHOWING MONEY AND BANKING FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1979, AND THE QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES
IN HONG KONG -
MONEY AND BANKING FIGURES
DECEMBER 1979
$ MN
FIGURES FOR EARLIER MONTHS
DEC 1979
(% CHANGE).
NOV 79
SEPT 79
DEC 78
ML *
20 851
M2 *
75 270
MG
BANKS
99 765
20 039 (+4.1%)
72 957 (+3.2%)
95 833 (+4.1%)
19 022 (+9.6%)
20 110 (+3.7%)
66 472
69 417 (+8,4%) (+13.2%)
90 839 76 919 (+9.8%) (+29.7%)
DEPOSITS *
LOANS AND ADVANCES
67 985
62 227
IN HONG KONG *
LOAN/DEPOSIT
91.5%
66 028 (+3.0%)
62 545 59 929 (+8.7%) (+13.4%)
58 653 56 562 46 428 (+6.1%) (+10.0%) (+34.0%)
88.8% 90.4% 77.5%
RATIO X
AVERAGE LIQUIDITY
48.0%
48.9%
49.2% 46.2%
RATIO
/DEPOSIT TAKING