THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1981
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LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG NEW SERIES
LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES FELL IN JULY BY 1.9 PER CENT. AFTER A RISE OF 7.5 PER CENT IN JUNE. IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG
ROSE BY 11.2 PER CENT SINCE DECEMBER 1980 THEY HAVE RISEN BY 23.6
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PER CENT, EQUIVALENT TO AN ANNUAL RATE OF SOME 40 PER CENT.
FOREIGN ASSETS
THE NET IDENTIFIABLE FOREIGN ASSETS OF ALL BANKS FELL IN JULY BY $1 101 M AND THOSE OF DTCS BY $1 161 M, INDICATING A NET OUTFLOW OF FUNDS FROM THE HONG KONG MONETARY SECTOR OF $2 262 M AFTER A NET INFLOW OF $1 752 M IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
BALANCE SHEET RATIOS
THE AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO FOR ALL BANKS IN HONG KONG ROSE IN JULY TO 49.8 PER CENT FROM 47.9 PER CENT IN JUNE, THOUGH THE LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO ROSE TO 118.6 PER CENT AT THE END OF JULY FROM 118.1 PER CENT AT THE END OF JUNE.
THE AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO FOR ALL DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES FELL TO 44.4 PER CENT IN JULY FROM 46.4 PER CENT IN JUNE, AND THE LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO AT THE END OF JULY ROSE TO 70.3 PER CENT FROM 64.7 PER CENT AT THE END OF JUNE, REFLECTING THE REDUCTION IN DEPOSITS WITH DTCS DURING THE MONTH.
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
THE NUMBER OF REPORTING BANKS REMAINED UNCHANGED IN JULY AT
THE NUMBER OF REPORTING DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES ROSE BY ONE DURING THE MONTH TO 347.
115.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
TWO TABLES OF THE JULY MONEY SUPPLY AND FINANCIAL STATISTICS ARE BOXED SEPARATELY.
TABLE 1 SETS OUT THE DETAILED FIGURES FOR JULY 1981 FROM THE ORIGINAL SERIES OF MONEY AND BANKING FIGURES, AND PROVIDES COMPARISONS WITH PREVIOUS MONTHS. TABLE 2 SETS OUT SOME SELECTED FIGURES FROM THE NEW SERIES OF MONETARY STATISTICS NOW BEING COLLECTED UNDER THE MONETARY STATISTICS ORDINANCE 1980. SERIES WILL BE PUBLISHED EACH MONTH FROM NOW ON AND WILL REPLACE THE ORIGINAL SERIES FROM JANUARY 1982.
THE NEW
ALSO BOXED IS A NOTE OF THE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF THE MONEY SUPPLY.
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