WHILE
OF THESE DEPOSITS, DEMAND DEPOSITS ROSE BY 4.5 PER CENT
AND 0.5 PER CENT SAVINGS AND TIME DEPOSITS FELL BY 2.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN OCTOBER.
ON A YEAR-ON-YEAR COMPARISON, TOTAL HONG KONG DOLLAR GREW BY 18.1 PER CENT IN OCTOBER.
DEPOSITS
FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS WITH AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS ROSE 3.8 PER CENT IN OCTOBER, AFTER INCREASES OF 3.6 PER CENT AND 3.5 CENT IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER RESPECTIVELY.
AMONG THESE DEPOSITS, U.S. DOLLAR AND NON-U.S. ROSE BY 0.9 PER CENT AND 6.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
BY
PER
DOLLAR DEPOSITS
OVER THE YEAR, TOTAL FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS
31.7 PER CENT.
INCREASED BY
BANKS AND PER CENT
DURING OCTOBER, DEPOSITS OF ALL CURRENCIES WITH LICENSED ROSE BY 2.3 PER CENT WHILE THOSE WITH RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS
FELL BY 7.0 PER CENT AND 0.9 DEPOSIT-TAKING RESPECTIVELY.
COMPANIES
WITH
LICENSED LICENCE
BANKS BANKS FELL
COMPARED WITH A YEAR EARLIER, DEPOSITS INCREASED BY 26.9 PER CENT. DEPOSITS WITH RESTRICTED ROSE BY 32.8 PER CENT WHILE THOSE WITH DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES BY 12.5 PER CENT.
LATTER TWO
OF FIVE DEPOSIT-
THE YEAR-ON-YEAR COMPARISONS ON DEPOSITS WITH THE CATEGORIES WERE PARTLY AFFECTED BY THE UPGRADING TAKING COMPANIES TO THE STATUS OF RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS.
MONEY SUPPLY
HK$M1 ROSE BY 2.5 PER CENT WHILE HK$M2 AND HK$M3 FELL IN OCTOBER. PER CENT
PER CENT RESPECTIVELY AND 0.5 CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES IN SEPTEMBER WERE 1.1 PER CENT, CENT AND -0.2 PER CENT.
BY 0.7 THEIR -0.3 PER
MONETARY AGGREGATES
FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDING OCTOBER, THESE ROSE BY 8.8 PER CENT, 18.3 PER CENT AND 17.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
1.8 TOTAL M1, M2 AND M3 ROSE BY 1.4 PER CENT, 2.2 PER CENT AND
THEIR CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES IN PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN OCTOBER. SEPTEMBER WERE 3.7 PER CENT, 1.6 PER CENT AND 1.7 PER CENT.
OVER THE YEAR, TOTAL M1, M2 AND M3 GREW BY 13.4 PER CENT, PER CENT AND 24.6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
25.9
LOANS AND ADVANCES
BY AUTHORISED
TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED INSTITUTIONS INCREASED BY 4.2 PER CENT IN OCTOBER, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 6.7 PER CENT AND 4.0 PER CENT IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER RESPECTIVELY.
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