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MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1988
AMONG THESE DEPOSITS, U.S. DOLLAR DEPOSITS AND NON-U.S. DOLLAR DEPOSITS RECORDED THE SAME GROWTH RATE IN FEBRUARY, OF 0.9 PER CENT.
OVER
YEAR, THE
TOTAL FOREIGN
DEPOSITS CURRENCY
ROST
BY
21.3 PER CENT.
FOREIGN CURRENCY SWAP DEPOSITS INCREASED BY 13.
CENT AND 24.1 PER FEBRUARY, AFTER DECLINES OF DECEMBER 1987 AND JANUARY 1988 RESPECTIVELY.
8 PER CENT IN IN 25.1 PER CENT
ADJUSTED TO INCLUDE THESE DEPOSITS, HONG KONG
GROWTH
FEBRUARY.
IN
OVER
THE
YEAR,
RECORDED ZERO
19.2 PER CENT.
ON THE OTHER
HAND, FOREIGN
DOLLAR THEY
DEPOSITS GREW
BY
DEPOSITS, CURRENCY
EXCLUDE SWAP DEPOSITS, INCREASED BY 0.3 PER CENT IN 26 PER CENT OVER THE YEAR.
ADJUSTED FEBRUARY AND BY
TO
CENT
DEPOSITS (ALL CURRENCIES) WITH BANKS INCREASED BY 0.3 PER
COMPANIES DECREASED BY
IN FEBRUARY WHILE THOSE WITH 1.3 PER CENT.
DEPOSIT-TAKING
DURING
THE 12
MONTHS ENDING FEBRUARY
THE 1988,
FORMER
INCREASED BY 25.2 PER CENT WHILE THE LATTER DROPPED BY 1.3 PER CENT.
MONEY SUPPLY
PER CENT AND HK$M1, HK$M2 AND HK$M3 ROSE BY 1.4 PER CENT, 0.8
COMPARED FEBRUARY,
WITH CORRESPONDING 0.6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN INCREASES OF 3.2 PER CENT, 4.7 PER CENT AND 3.1 PER CENT IN JANUARY.
DURING THE 12 MONTHS ENDING FEBRUARY, HK$M1, M2 AND M3 GREW 41.9 PER CENT, 30.5 PER CENT AND 26.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
BY
HKSM3 BY
SWAP DEPOSITS, HK$M2 AND ADJUSTED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF GREW BY 1.4 PER CENT AND 1.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN FEBRUARY AND 24.7 PER CENT AND 21.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER THE YEAR.
CENT, 0.9 PER CENT AND TOTAL M1, M2 AND M3 GREW BY 1.9 PER
COMPARED FEBRUARY,
WITH CORRESPONDING
0.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN RATES OF 4.2 PER CENT, 0.7 PER CENT AND -0.5 PER CENT IN JANUARY.
DURING
THE 12
46.2 PER CENT,
TOTAL
MONTHS
M2 BY
ENDING 26.1
PER
FEBRUARY, TOTAL M1 CENT AND TOTAL
GREW M3
BY
BY
23.1 PER CENT.
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