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TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1988
OVER THE YEAR, TOTAL FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS ROSE BY 26.8 PER CENT.
FOREIGN CURRENCY SWAP DEPOSITS ROSE BY 6.3 PER CENT IN JULY AFTER INCREASES OF 19.5 PER CENT AND 10.6 PER CENT IN MAY AND JUNE
RESPECTIVELY,
ADJUSTED TO INCLUDE THESE DEPOSITS, HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS GREW BY 0.5 PER CENT IN JULY AND BY 14.0 PER CENT OVER THE YEAR.
HAND, ON THE OTHER
FORRIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS, EXCLUDE SWAP DEPOSITS, INCREASED BY 3.3 PER CENT IN JULY AND PER CENT OVER THE YEAR.
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ADJUSTED
BY 29.2
BANKS INCREASED BY 1.7 PER COMPANIES ROSE BY 5.5
DEPOSITS OF ALL CURRENCIES WITH CENT IN JULY WHILE THOSE WITH DEPOSIT-TAKING PER CENT.
THE RESPECTIVE INCREASES FOR THE 12 WERE 23.0 PER CENT AND 9.3 PER CENT.
MONTHS ENDING JULY 1988
MONEY SUPPLY
HKSM1 AND
HK$M2 FELL
WHILE JULY,
BY 1.0 PER CENT AND RESPECTIVELY IN
HK$M3 SHOWED LITTLE CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES IN JUNE WERE 3.3 PER CENT, AND -0.2 PER CENT.
0.3
PER CHANGE. -0.4 PER
CENT
THE
CENT
DURING THE 12 MONTHS ENDING JULY, THE RESPECTIVE INCREASES HK$MI, HK$M2 AND HK$M3 WERE 27.0 PER CENT, 19.1 PER CENT AND 17.0 CENT.
FOR
PER
GREW BY 0.3 ADJUSTED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF SWAP DEPOSITS, HK$M2
IN JULY. OVER THE YEAR, PER CENT WHILE HK$M3 ROSE BY 0.6 PER CENT THEY GREW BY 17.5 PER CENT AND 15.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
WHILE TOTAL M2 AND CENT RESPECTIVELY. THEIR PER CENT AND 0.6
TOTAL MI DROPPED BY 0.8 PER CENT IN JULY
PER TOTAL M3 GREW BY 1.6 PER CENT AND 1.9 CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES WERE 3.6 PER CENT, 0.6 PER CENT IN JUNE.
GREW BY 28.4 PER DURING THE 12 MONTHS ENDING JULY, TOTAL M1 CENT, TOTAL M2 BY 23.4 PER CENT AND TOTAL M3 BY 21.6 PER CENT.
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