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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1989
LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG FELL BY 0.8 PER CENT IN OCTOBER, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 2.5 PER CENT IN AUGUST AND A DECREASE OF 4.1 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 16.5 PER CENT.
OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG GREW BY 0.6 OCTOBER COMPARED WITH INCREASES OF 1.8 PER CENT AND 1. 2 AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE YEAR, THESE 30.9 PER CENT.
PER CEN'T IN PER CENT IN LOANS GREW BY
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LOANS FOR USE OUTSIDE HONG KONG DECLINED BY 9.4 OCTOBER, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 4.0 PER CENT IN AUGUST AND AN OF 30.2 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS 25.5 PER CENT.
CENT IN INCREASE GREW BY
LOANS TO FINANCE MERCHANDISING TRADE NOT TOUCHING HONG KONG INCREASED BY 0.4 PER CENT IN OCTOBER, AFTER A FALL OF 5.8 PER CENT IN AUGUST AND AN INCREASE OF 11.4 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER, OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 56.7 PER CENT.
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS DECREASED BY ONE TO 165. THE NUMBER OF LICENSED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES REMAINED UNCHANGED AT 35 WHILE THAT OF REGISTERED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES INCREASED BY ONE TO 209.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SETS OUT SUMMARY FIGURES FOR OCTOBER 1989 AND COMPARISONS WITH EARLIER MONTHS.
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