ON
THRU¬DÂY,
OCTOBER
BALANCE SHEET RATIOS
THE AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO FOR ALL BANKS IN HONG KONG ROSE IN AUGUST TO 50.1 PER CENT FROM 49.8 PER CENT IN JULY, THOUGH THE LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO ROSE TO 120 PER CENT AT THE END OF AUGUST FROM 118.6 PER CENT AT THE END OF JULY.
THE AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO FOR ALL DEPOSIT-TAK ING COMPANIES ROSE TO 44.6 PER CENT IN AUGUST FROM 44.4 PER CENT IN JULY, BUT THE LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO AT THE END OF AUGUST FELL TO 69.7 PER CENT FROM 70.3 PER CENT AT THE END OF JULY, REFLECTING THE INCREASE
IN DEPOSITS WITH DTCS DURING THE MONTH.
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
THE NUMBER OF REPORTING BANKS REMAINED UNCHANGED IN AUGUST AT 115. THE NUMBER OF REPORTING DEPOSIT-TAK ING COMPANIES ROSE BY ONE DURING THE MONTH TO 348.
TABLE 1
MONEY AND BANK ING FIGURES
END OF AUGUST 1981 (HK$ MILLION)
FIGURES FOR EARLIER MONTHS
(% CHANGE)
AUGUST 1981
JULY 1981
MAY
1981
AUGUST 1980
M1
23 820
23 418 (+1.7%)
24 829 (-4.1%)
24 074
(-1.1%)
M2
108 134
106 552
(+1.5%)
M3
168 432
163 025
(+3.3%)
159 116
93 (+16.3%)
133 672) 231003)
124 207
(+5.9%) (+35.6%)
BANKS
DEPOSITS
98 926
97 624 (+1.39%)
LOANS AND ADVANCES
IN HONG KONG
118 665
115 779
(+2.5%)
113 457
(+4.6%)
LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO
120.0%
118.6%
119.5%
94 907 (+4.2%)
85 016 (+16.4%)
76 764 (+54.6%)
90.3%
AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO 50.1%
49.8%
49.4%
48.6%
/DEPOSIT-TAKING