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TABLE 1: MONETARY STATISTICS - MAY 1991
(HK$mn)
May 1991
Apr 1991
Earlier months (% change to May 1991)
Feb 1991
May 1990
Money Supply
MI - HKS
93,813
98,123 (4.4 )
Foreign currency
[3,834
14.234 (-2.8)
Total
107,647
112,357 (4.2)
190,167 (-6.3 ) 16,723 (-17.3) 116,889 (-7.9 )
M2 - HK$*
553,090
552,407 (0.1)
Foreign currency*
698,951
Total
1,252,041
700,313 (-0.2) 1,252,720 (-0.1)
554,099 (-0.2) 684,084 ( 2.2 ) 1,238,183 (
82,103 (14.3) 10,823 (27.8 } 92,926 ( 15.8)
488,269 ( 13.3 ) 571,225 (22.4) 1,059,495 ( 18.2 )
M3 - HK$+
581,080
581,035 (0.0)
Foreign currency*
738,211
743,835 (-0.8)
Total
1,319,291
1,324,869 (-0.4)
582,632 (-0.3) 728,194 ( 1,310,826 (
1.4 } 0.6)
520,003 ( 11.7 ) 615,721 (19.9 ) 1,135,724 (16.2)
Notes and coins in circulation
43,806
of which held by public
37,655
43,606 (0.5 ) 37.954 (0.8)
47,559 ( 7.9 j 41,739 (-9.8 }
38,901 (12.8 1 33,664 (1.9)
Total Deposita
Total Demand deposits
69,992
Total Savings deposits
240,794
Total Time deposits with licensed banks
886,240
74,403 (-5.9 } 239,595 (0.5) 883,742 (0.3 )
75,151 ( -6.9 246,640 ( -2.4) 857,197 (
59,261 ( 18.1) 189,748 ( 26.9 )
3.4 )
759,273 (16.7)
Total Time deposits with restricted licence banks
38,095
40,350 (-5.6 )
40,672 (
-6.3 )
40,183 (5.2)
Total Time deposits with deposit-taking companies
27,597
28.717 -3.9 )
30,335 (
-9.0 )
34,568 (-20.2 }
HK$ deposits+
530,167
530,077 (0.0)
US$ deposits*
292,760
Other foreign currency deposits*
439,789
All deposits
1,262,717
297,902 (-1.7) 438,829 (0.2) 1,266,807 (-0.3)
$27,925 (
0.4 ) 293,976 (-0.4 ) 428,094 ( 2.7 ) 1,249,995 (
1.0)
473,481 ( 12.0) 266,840 (
9.7 ) 342,713 ( 28.3 ) 1,083,034 (16.6)
Foreign currency swap deposits
55,922
57,680 (-3.0)
59,744 (6.4)
68,578 (-18.5)
Total Loans and advances
To finance H.K.'s visible trade
77,387
74,764 ( 3.5 }
To finance merchandising trade not touching H.K.
9,938
8,254 (20.3)
Other loans for use in H.K.
736,512
729,807 (0.9)
Other loans for use outside H.K.
1,024,252
Other loans where the place of use is not known
48,421
999,793 (2.4) 50,841 (4.8)
Loans in HKS
658,395
Loans in foreign currencies
1,238,116
Total loans and advances
1,896,511
648,518 (1.5) 1,214,950 (1.9)
1,863,468 ( 18 )
73,604 ( 5.1 1 8,513 (16.7) 706,401 ( 4.3 ) 942,529 ( 127,353 (-62.0)
623,255 { 1,235,145 (
1,858,400 (
65,152 ( 18.8)
8.7 )
9,672 ( 2.8 ) 635,100 (16.0 } 633,982 (61.6)
98,009 ( -50.6-).
5.6 ) 0.2)
571,007 (15.3 )
870,908 ( 42.2 }
2.1 )
1,441,915 ( 31.5)
+
Adjusted for foreign currency swap deposits. Starting from April 1991, swap deposits can further be broken down into US dollar and non-US$ foreign currency swap deposits.
Note: 'Restricted licence banks" and "deposit-taking companies were known as 'licensed deposit-taking companies' and 'registered
deposit-taking companies respectively before I February 1990.
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