MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1987
MONETARY STATISTICS
FEBRUARY 1987
Feb 1987
Earlier months
(HK$mn)
—
Money Supply
M1
Jan 1987
HKS
Foreign currency
54,473 5,046
Total
59,519
M2
-
HK$
251,490
Foreign currency
294,225
Total
M3
-
- HK$
Foreign currency
545,714 282,105 333,484
Total
615,589
57,967 ( -6.0 %) 4,875 ( 3.5 %) 62,842 ( -5.3 %) 249,029 ( 1.0 %%%) 286,233 ( 2.8 %) 535,262 ( 2.0 %) 280,358 ( 0.6 %) 326,813 ( 2.0 %) 607,172 { 1.4 %)
500,693 { 9.0 %) 261,551 { 7.9 %) 314,902 ( 5.9%) 576,453 ( 6.8%)
Notes and coins in circulation
of which held by public
23,914
20.998
29,294 (-18.4 %) 25,367 (-17.2 %)
21,549 ( 11.0 %) 18,813 ( 11.6 %)
(% change to February 1987)
Nov 1986
48,581 ( 12.1 %) 4.821 ( 4.7 %) 53,403 ( 11.5 %) 228,167 ( 10.2 %) 272,526 ( 8.0 %)
Feb 1986
42,690 ( 27.6 %)
4,433 ( 13.8 %) 47,123 ( 26.3 %) 201,422 ( 24.9 %) 211,938 ( 38.8 %) 413,360 ( 32.0%) 241,476 ( 16.8 %) 261,279 ( 27.6 %) 502,755 ( 22.4 %)
21,581 (10.8 %) 18,615 (12.8 %)
Deposits
Demand deposits
Savings deposits
38,521
136,541
Time deposits with banks
Time deposits with dtcs
341,407 65,875
All HK$ deposits
254,208
All foreign currency deposits Total
328,136
582,344
37,475 ( 2.8 %) 130,241 ( 4.8 %) 334,388 ( 2.1 %) 67,103 (-1.8 %) 248,477 ( 2.3 %) 320,731 ( 2.3 %) 569,208 ( 2.3 %)
237,184 ( 308,693 ( 545,877 {
34,590 ( 11.4 %) 120,926 ( 12.9 %) 319,369 ( 6.9 %) 70,992 (-7.2 %) 7.2%) 6.3 %) 6.7 %)
28,509 (35.1 %) 100,976 ( 35.2 %) 259,234 ( 31.7 %) 85,626 (-23.1 %) 218,574 ( 16.3 %) 255,770 ( 28.3 %) 474,344 ( 22.8 %)
Loans and advances
To finance H.K.'s visible trade
36,228
To finance merchandising trade
4,558
not touching H.K.
Other loans for use in H.K.
285,110
Other loans for use outside H.K.. 165,597 Other loans where the place of
use is not known
All loans in HK$
All loans in foreign currencies Total
32,250
263,659 260,084
523,743
36,717 (-1.3 %) 4,408 ( 3.4 %)
278,341 ( 2.4 %) 165,510 ( 0.1 %) 32,213 ( 0.1 %)
257,712 ( 2.3 %) 259,476 ( 0.2 %) 517,188 ( 1.3 %)
34,864 (
3.9 %) 3,978 (14.6 %)
265,894 ( 160,084 ( 29,665 (
246,805 ( 247,680 ( 494,485 (
6.8%) 5.0 %) 5.9 %)
7.2%) 3.4 %) 8.7 %)
31.131 ( 16.4 %) 4,732 (-3.7 %)
240,740 ( 18.4 %) 152,196 ( 8.8 %) 23,619 ( 36.5 %)
225,712 ( 16.8 %) 226,705 ( 14.7 %) 452,417 ( 15.8 %)
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