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FRIDAY, JULY 4,-1980
THE DETAILED FIGURES FOR MAY 1980 AND COMPARISONS WITH PREVIOUS MONTHS ARE I
MONEY AND BANKING FIGURES
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END OF MAY 1980 (IN HK$ MN)
FIGURES FOR EARLIER MONTHS
(6 CHANGE):
MAY 1980
APRIL 1980
FEB
1980
MAY 1979
M 1
20 950
20 039 (+4.5%)
M 2
80 921
76 973 (+5.1%)
M 3
111 882
107 967 (+3.6%)
21 647 (-3.2%)
78 219 (+3.5%)
107 770 (+3.8%)
18 331 (+14.3%)*
66 551 (+21.6%)*
83 515 (+34.0%)
BANKS!
DEPOSITS
70 065 (+4.7%)
59 957 (+22.4%)*
73 367
69 509 (+5.6%)
LOANS AND ADVANCES IN
H.K.
69 916
72 024 (-2.9%)
69 306 (+0.9%)
52 534 (+33.1%) *
LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO
95.3%
103.6%
98.9%
87.6%
AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO
48.7%
49.6%
53.6%
48.2%
DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES-
DEPOSITS
30 961
30 994 (-0.1%)
29 551 (+4.8%)
LOANS AND ADVANCES IN
H.K.
21 691
17 581 (+23.4%)
15 304 (+41.7%)
16 964 (+82.5%)
10 491 (+106.8%)
LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO
70.1%
56.7%
51.8%
61.8%
AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO+
43.4%
41.9%
48.1%
BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAK ING COMPANIES
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TOTAL CREDIT TO THE
ECONOMY
91 607
89 605 (+2.2%)
84 610 (+8.3%)
63 025 (+45.4%)
★ THESE FIGURES