2
FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1990
0.9
RATES
MARCH WERE -4.0 PER CENT, 0.3 PER CENT AND 0.6
OVER THE YEAR, TOTAL M1, M2 AND M3 GREW BY 8.5 PER CENT, PHR CENT AND 16.0 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
TOTAL M1, M2 AND M3 INCREASED BY 2.1 PER CENT, 0.8 PER CENT AND PER CENT RESPECTIVELY DURING APRIL. THEIR CORRESPONDING GROWTH
IN
PER
CENT.
17.2
LOANS AND ADVANCES
TOTAL OUTSTANDING
BY LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED
AUTHORISED
INSTITUTIONS INCREASED BY 0.5 PER CENT IN APRIL, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE
IN 7.0 PER CENT IN FEBRUARY AND A DECLINE OF 0.5 PER CENT
OF
MARCH.
OF THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS, THOSE DENOMINATED IN HONG DOLLARS GREW BY 1.3 PER CENT DURING APRIL WHILE THOSE DENOMINATED FOREIGN CURRENCIES EDGED DOWN BY 0.1 PER CENT.
KONG IN
LOANS ΤΟ FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG ROSE BY 1.1 PER CENT IN APRIL, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 1.7 PER CENT IN FEBRUARY AND A DECLINE OF 0.6 PER CENT IN MARCH. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW 6.0 PER CENT,
OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG GREW BY 1.8 PER CENT WITH INCREASES OF 1.3 PER CENT AND 1.9 PER CENT IN MARCH RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY
COMPARED AND CENT.
BY
IN APRIL FEBRUARY 20.2 PER
CENT IN AND A
LOANS FOR USE OUTSIDE HONG KONG DECREASED BY 0.7 PER APRIL, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 17.3 PER CENT IN FEBRUARY DECLINE OF 1.3 PER CENT IN MARCH. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW 40.9 PER CENT.
BY
KONG CENT IN OVER THE YEAR,
ΤΟ LOANS
HONG FINANCE MERCHANDISING TRADE NOT TOUCHING ROSE BY 9.9 PER CENT IN APRIL, AFTER A DECLINE OF 0.1 PER
AND AN INCREASE OF 11.7 PER CENT IN MARCH. FEBRUARY THESE LOANS DECLINED BY 16.2 PER CENT.
IN TERMS OF RELATIVE SHARE, HOWEVER, THESE LOANS ACCOUNTED ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION OF TOTAL LOANS.
FOR
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS DECREASED BY ONE TO WHILE THAT OF RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS REMAINED UNCHANGED AT 37. NUMBER OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES INCREASED BY ONE TO 197.
NOTES:
(1)
164
THE
LICENCE
BANKS'
*
AND
COMPANIES"
BEFORE FEBRUARY 1, 1990, "RESTRICTED "DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES" WERE KNOWN AS "LICENSED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES"
"REGISTERED DEPOSIT-TAKING
AND
RESPECTIVELY.
(2) IN THE