SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1981
FOREIGN ASSETS
THE NET IDENTIFIABLE FOREIGN ASSETS OF ALL BANKS (CALCULATED ON THE ORIGINAL SERIES OF STATISTICS) FELL IN OCTOBER BY $500MN BUT THOSE OF DTCS INCREASED BY $1 195MN, INDICATING A NET INFLOW OF FUNDS INTO THE HONG KONG MONETARY SECTOR OF $695MN, AFTER A NET INFLOW OF $2 332MN IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH,
BALANCE SHEET RATIOS
THE AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO (AS DEFINED IN S. 18 OF THE BANKING ORDINANCE) FOR ALL BANKS IN HONG KONG ROSE IN OCTOBER TO 53.9 PER CENT FROM 52.1 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER. THE RATIO OF THE IR LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG TO THEIR DEPOSITS ROSE TO 96.0 PER CENT AT THE END OF OCTOBER FROM 95.7 PER CENT AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
THE AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO (AS DEFINED IN S. 24A OF THE DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES ORDINANCE) FOR ALL DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES FELL TO 46.5 PER CENT IN OCTOBER FROM 46.7 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER. THE RATIO OF THE IR LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG TO THE IR DEPOSITS FELL TO 60.8 PER CENT AT THE END OF OCTOBER FROM 61.2 PER CENT AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER,
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
THE NUMBER OF REPORTING BANKS ROSE BY 1 IN OCTOBER TO 118. THE NUMBER OF REPORTING DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES REMAINED UNCHANGED IN THE MONTH AT 348.
TABLE 1
MONETARY STATISTICS NEW SERIES END OF OCTOBER 1981 (HK$ MN)
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OCT 1981
FIGURES FOR EARLIER MONTHS
(% CHANGE)
SEPT
MONEY SUPPLY
1981
JULY 1981
M1
TOTAL
23 671
HK$
22 570
M2
TOTAL
108 330
HK$
90 390
M3
TOTAL
170 601
HK$
141 196
24 311 (-2.6%)
23 233 (-2.9%)
108 112 (+0.2%)
91 042 (-0.7%)
168 129 (+1,5%)
139 514 (+1,2%)
23 596 (+0.3%)
22 702 (-0.6%)
104 937 (+3.2%)
89 706 (+0.8%)
161 201 (+5.2%
135 518 (+4. - »)
/PAKS' SALATUE