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MONETARY STATISTICS
Mar 1987
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1987
—
MARCH 1987
(HK$)
Earlier months
(% change to March 1987)
Money Supply
Feb 1987
Dec 1986
Mar 1986
M1
—
HK$
54,193
54,473 (-0.5 %)
Foreign currency
5,190
Total
59,383
M2
—
HK$
257,310
Foreign currency
303,553
Total
560,863
M3
-
HK$
287,802
Foreign currency
331,799
Total
619,601
5,046 ( 2.9 %) 59,519 -0.2 %) 251,490 ( 2.3 %) 294,225 ( 3.2 %) 545,714 ( 2.8 %) 282,105 ( 2.0 %) 323,041 ( 2.7 %) 605,145 ( 2.4 %)
Notes and coins in circulation
of which held by public
23,411
20,410
23,914 ( -2.1 %) 20,998 (−2.8 %)
22,412 ( 19,295 (
51,600 ( 5.0 %) 4,494 (15.5 %) 56,094 ( 5.9 %) 237,776 ( 8.2 %) 280,355 8.3 %) 518,131 ( 8.2 %) 270,517 ( 6.4 %) 311,691 ( 6.5 %) 582,208 ( 6.4 %
4.5 %) 5.8 %)
41,850 ( 29.5 %)
4,021 ( 29.1 %) 45,871 ( 29.5 %) 200,196 ( 28.5 %) 212,897 ( 42.6 %) 413,093 ( 35,8 %) 239,171 ( 20.3 %) 242,937 ( 36.6 %) 482,108 ( 28.5 %)
21,329 ( 9.8%) 18,504 ( 10.3 %)
Deposits
Demand deposits
Savings deposits
38,974
137,204
Time deposits with banks
355,711
Time deposits with dtcs
54,910
All HK$ deposits
260,361
All foreign currency deposits
326,438
Total
586,798
38,521 ( 1.2 %) 136,541 ( 0.5 %) 341,407 ( 4.2 %) 55,432 (-0.9 %) 254,208 ( 2.4 %) 317,693 { 2.8 %) 571,901 ( 2.6 %)
36,799 ( 5.9 %) 125,476 ( 9.3 %) 329,078 (
59,298 245,103 ( 305,549 ( 550,651 (
8.1%) -7.4 %) 6.2 %)
6.8 %) 6.6 %)
.
27,367 ( 42.4 %) 100,013 ( 37.2 %) 260,825 ( 36.4 %) 65,208 (-15.8%) 216,294 (20.4 %) 237,119 (37.7 %) 453,413 (29.4 %)
Loans and advances
To finance H.K.'s visible trade
39,360
To finance merchandising trade
4,482
not touching H.K.
Other loans for use in H. K. Other loans for use outside H.K. Other loans where the place of
293,151
172,400
35,908
use is not known
All loans in HKS
268,729
All loans in foreign currencies Total
276,572
545,300
36,228 ( 8.6 %) 4,558 (-1.7 %)
285,110 ( 2.8 %) 165,597 ( 4.1 %) 32,250 ( 11.3 %)
263,659 ( 1.9 %) 260,084 ( 6.3 %) 523,743 ( 4.1 %)
35,502 (10.9%) 4,595 (-2.5 %)
270,729 ( 8.3 %) 160,694 ( 7.3 %) 29,077 ( 23.5 %)
31,885 ( 23.4 %) 5,657 (-20.8 %)
240,655 ( 21.8%) 155,372 ( 11.0 %)
25,672 ( 39.9 %)
250,226 ( 7.4%) 250,371 (10.5 %) 500,596 ( 8.9 %)
227,254 ( 18.3 %) 231,987 ( 19.2 %) 459,241 (18.7 %)
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