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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1991
FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS WITH AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS ROSE 1.5 PER CENT IN DECEMBER, AFTER INCREASES OF 3.8 PER CENT AND 1.7 CENT IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER RESPECTIVELY.
BY
PER
AMONG THESE DEPOSITS, US DOLLAR AND NON-US DOLLAR DEPOSITS ROSE KY 1.9 PER CENT AND 1.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN DECEMBER.
OVER THE YEAR, TOTAL FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS 27.7 PER CENT,
INCREASED BY
DURING DECEMBER, DEPOSITS OF ALL CURRENCIES WITH LICENSED BANKS PER CENT AND RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS ROSE BY 1.6 PER CENT AND 0.6 RESPECTIVELY WHILE THOSE WITH DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES FELL BY 1.9 PER
CENT.
WHILE
COMPARED WITH A YEAR EARLIER, DEPOSITS WITH LICENSED BANKS RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS INCREASED BY 23.2 PER CENT AND 17.1 PER
FELL COMPANIES RESPECTIVELY
DEPOSITS WITH DEPOSIT-TAKING
AND
CENT
BY
0.7 PER CENT.
MONEY SUPPLY
HK$M1 FELL BY 0.6 PER CENT WHILE HK$M2 AND HK$M3 ROSE PER CENT AND 1.6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN DECEMBER.
BY 1.7
0.1
THEIR CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES IN NOVEMBER WERE 3.0 PER CENT,
THESE MONETARY FOR 1990 AS A WHOLE, PER CENT AND 0.0 PER CENT.
PER CENT 14.9 AGGREGATES
BY ROSE
7.8 PER CENT, 15.5 PER CENT AND RESPECTIVELY.
TOTAL MI M2 AND M3 ROSE BY 1.3 PER CENT, 1.6 PER CENT AND PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN DECEMBER. THEIR CORRESPONDING GROWTH IN NOVEMBER WERE 2.2 PER CENT, 0.8 PER CENT AND 0.9 PER CENT.
OVER THE YEAR, TOTAL M1, M2 AND M3 GREW BY 13.3 PER CENT, PER CENT AND 21.5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
1.5
RATES
22.4
LOANS AND ADVANCES
TOTAL
BY
AUTHORISED FOLLOWING AND NOVEMBER
LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED OUTSTANDING
BY INCREASED
1.2 PER INSTITUTIONS
CENT IN DECEMBER, INCREASES OF 4.2 PER CENT AND 2.0 PER CENT IN OCTOBER RESPECTIVELY.
KONG
OF THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS, THOSE DENOMINATED IN HONG
DENOMINATED DOLLARS GREW BY 1.1 PER CENT DURING DECEMBER, WHILE THOSE
OVER THE YEAR, THESE IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES ROSE BY 1.3 PER CENT. LOANS GREW BY 15.6 PER CENT AND 58.3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG DECREASED PER CENT IN DECEMBER, FOLLOWING A DECLINE OF 0.5 PER CENT IN AND AN INCREASE OF 2.1 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER.
BY 0.3 OCTOBER
/OVER THE