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AND
RESPECTIVELY
COMPARED WITH A YEAR EARLIER, DEPOSITS WITH LICENSED BANKS
AND BANKS INCREASED BY 15.0%
5.3% RESTRICTED LICENCE
WHILE DEPOSITS WITH DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES FELL BY 20.9%.
MONEY SUPPLY
HK$M1, HK$M2
HK$M3 AND
WITH
INCREASED BY
CORRESPONDING
7.2%, 1.8% GROWTH
AND
1.6%
RATES
OF
RESPECTIVELY IN JULY, COMPARED -0.8%, 2.1% AND 2.1% IN JUNE.
OVER THE YEAR, THESE MONETARY AGGREGATES ROSE BY 17.4%,
11.0%
AND 9.5% RESPECTIVELY.
M1. TOTAL
RESPECTIVELY
M2 AND M3 INCREASED
0.2% AND BY 5.1%, IN JULY. THEIR CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES IN JUNE
0.3%
WERE
0.7%, 0.6% AND 0.7%.
OVER THE YEAR, TOTAL M1, M2 AND M3 GREW BY 18.5%,
13.3% RESPECTIVELY.
LOANS AND ADVANCES
14.5% AND
TOTAL
BY
LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED OUTSTANDING INSTITUTIONS INCREASED BY 2.0% IN JULY, AFTER INCREASES OF
IN MAY AND JUNE RESPECTIVELY.
0.8%
AUTHORISED 1.8% AND
KONO 1.0% AND
OF THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS, THOSE DENOMINATED IN HONG DOLLARS AND THOSE DENOMINATED IN FOREIGN CURRENCY GREW BY 2.5% RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 16.4% AND 39.1%
RESPECTIVELY.
LOANS TO FINANCE EXTERNAL TRADE OF HONG KONG GREW BY
INCREASES OF
3.8% IN 3.5% AND FOLLOWING
MAY RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 22.4%.
JULY,
OTHER LOANS
FOR
USE
IN HONG KONG CREW
BY
2.0% IN AND JUNK
1.5%
IN JULY,
FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 0.9% AND 1.3% RESPECTIVELY IN THE PRECEDING TWO MONTHS. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 16.9%.
LOANS
AFTER OVER THE
FOR USR OUTSIDE HONG KONG ROSE BY 2.9% IN JULY, INCREASES OF 2.4% AND 0.5% IN MAY AND JUNE RESPECTIVELY. YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 59.6%.
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
DEPOSIT-TAKING THAT OF RESTRICTED
NUMBER THE
COMPANIES BOTH
OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS AND DECREASED BY THREE TO 163 WHILE LICENCE BANKS INCREASED BY ONE TO 48.
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