NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 5,
THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS INCREASED BY ONE WHILE THAT OF RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS ROSE BY TWO TO 42. THE OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES DECREASED BY ONE TO 190.
NOTES:
1991
TO
166
NUMBER
(1)
"DEPOSIT-TAKING
TAKING COMPANIES"
"RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS AND BEFORE FEBRUARY 1, 1990,
WERE COMPANIES"
AS KNOWN
"LICENSED DEPOSIT- AND "REGISTERED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES"
"
RESPECTIVELY.
(2) HK$M2
IN THE
TOTAL
HKSM3 AND
FOREIGN
DEPOSITS, TEXT ABOVE, TOTAL HK$
HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED CURRENCY DEPOSITS
ΤΟ
TIME HK$ INCLUDE SWAP
AND
US$ DEPOSITS
DEPOSITS, DEPOSITS.
HAVE BEEN
ADJUSTED TO EXCLUDE SWAP DEPOSITS.
SPOT MARKET
"SWAP DEPOSITS" ARE DEPOSITS INVOLVING CUSTOMERS BUYING FOREIGN CERRENCIES (MOSTLY U.S. DOLLARS) IN THE THEM AS DEPOSITS WITH AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS, SAME
A CONTRACT TO SELL
IN FORWARD INTEREST)
FOR
TIME ENTERING
CURRENCIES
INTO (PRINCIPAL PLUS
MATURITY OF
SUCH
DEPOSITS.
MOST ANALYTICAL
SHOULD BE REGARDED AS HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS.
AND PLACING
AT WHILE
SUCH LINE WITH PURPOSES,
THE FOREIGN
THE
THEY
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