Mar 1988
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MONETARY STATISTICS MARCH 1988
SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1988
Earlier months
(* change to March 1988)
(HK$m)
Money Supply
Feb 1988
Dec 1987
Mar 1987
-
Mi HK$
73.024
77.288 (-5.5 %)
Foreign currency
7.740
Total
80.764
MA
-
HK$
323,120
Foreign currency
371,776
9.711 (-20,3 %) 86.999 { -7.2 %) 326.158 ( 1.5 %) 359.861 ( 3.3 %)
81,902 ( 310.910 (
566.132 1
Total
694,899
688,019 ( 1.0 %
M3
-
HKD
L
355,787 (
1.
2
Foreign currency
400.436
Total
752.818
388.875 ( 744,662 (
3.2 %% 1 .1 %
3.9 1.5 % 677.042 ( 2.6 %) 342.847 [ 2.5 *) 400,506 ( 0.2 X} 743,353 ( 1.3 %)
Notes and coins in circulation
of which held by public
32.253
28.642
33.092 ( 2.5 %) 28,716 (−0.3 %)
28.766 ( 12.1 %) 24.764 ( 15.7 %)
73.826 ( -1.1 X) 8,076 ( -4.2 %) -1.4%)
—
54.193 ( 34.7 %
5,190 (49.1 *) 59.383 ( 36.0 257.310 ( 25.6 Y 303,553 ( 22.5 %) 560,863 ( 23.9 287.802 ( 22.1 331,799 ( 21.0 11 619.601 ( 21.5 我
23.411 (37.8 %) 20,410 ( 40.3
Deposits
Demand deposits
Savings deposits
Time deposits with banks
Time deposits with dtcs
HKS deposits
521
122 181,924 419,327 55,950 311,697
US$ deposits
217,406
Other foreign currency deposits All deposits
180,219
709.322
58,284 (-10.6 %) 190,868 ( -4.7 %) 397,721 ( 5.4 X) 54.731 ( 2.2 %) 316,336 ( -1.5 %) 211.167 ( 3.0 X) 174,101 { 3.5 %) 701,604 ( 1.1 %)
Foreign currency swap deposits
22.921
18.014 ( 27.2 %)
57,138 (-8.8 %) 181,109 ( 0.5 %) 403,439 ( 3.9 %) 61.924 (−9.6 %) 309,543 { 0.7 %) 222,603 (−2.3 %) 171,464 ( 5.1 %) 703,609 ( 0.8 %)
21.151 ( 8.4 %)
38,974 ( 30.7 M) 137.204 ( 32.6 %) 355,711 17.9 %)
54.910 ( 1.9 %) 260,361 ( 19.7 %) 205,524 ( 5.8 %) 120,914 ( 49.0 %) 586,798 ( 20.9 %)
28,340 (-19.1
Loans and advances
To finance H.K.'s visible trade To finance merchandising trade
not touching H.K.
45.505
5,210
Other loans for use in H.K. Other loans for use outside H.K. Other loans where the place of
364,510
309.568
58.729
use is not known
Loans in HK$
318,875
Loans in foreign currencies Total loans and advances
464.648
763.523
44.965 ( 1.2 %) 7,847 (-33.6 %)
361.572 ( 0.8 %) 303,234 ( 2.1 X) 62,515 -6.1 %)
315,058 ( 1.2 X) 465,074 -0.1 %) 780.133 ( 0.4 %)
7,002 (-25.6 %)
352,685 ( 3.4 %) 312,530 −0.9 %) 62.308 (−5.7 %)
309.345 ( 3.1 %) 469,436 ( 1.0 %) 778.781 ( 0.6 %)
44.255 ( 2.8 %)
39,360 ( 15.6 %) 4.482 (16.2 %)
293,151 24.3 %) 172,400 ( 79.6 %) 35,908 (63.6 %)
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268,729 ( 18.7 %) 276,572 ( 68.0 %) $45,300 (43.7 %)
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