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AMONG THESE DEPOSITS, US DOLLAR DEPOSITS ROSE BY 1.6% WHIL
DOLLAR DEPOSITS RECORDED NO CHANGE IN AUGUST. OVER THE YEAR,
NON-US TOTAL FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS INCREASED BY 13.5%.
DURING AUGUST, DEPOSITS OF ALL CURRENCIES WITH LICENSED BANKS ROSE BY 1.6% WHILE DEPOSITS WITH RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS AND DEPOSIT- TAKING COMPANIES DECLINED BY 1.2% AND 4.3% RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARED WITH A YEAR EARLIER, DEPOSITS WITH LICENSED BÁNKS INCREASED BY 13.1% WHILE DEPOSITS WITH RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES FELL BY 8.5% AND 20.7% RESPECTIVELY.
MONEY SUPPLY
HK$M1, HK$N2 AND HK$M3 INCREASED BY 3.2%, 2.8% AND 2.6% RESPECTIVELY IN AUGUST, COMPARED WITH CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES OF 7.2%, 1.8% AND 1.6% IN JULY.
OVER THE YEAR, THESE MONETARY AGGREGATES ROSE BY 19.0%, 10.4% AND 9.0% RESPECTIVELY.
TOTAL M1, M2 AND M3 INCREASED RESPECTIVELY IN AUGUST.
BY 3.0%, 1.7% AND
1.52:
0.2% AND 12.8% AND
THEIR CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES IN JULY WERE 5.1%, 0.3%. OVER THE YEAR, TOTAL M1, M2 AND M3 GREW BY 18.9%, 11.3% RESPECTIVELY.
LOANS AND ADVANCES
TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED BY AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS INCREASED BY 2.4% IN AUGUST, AFTER INCREASES OF 0.8% 2.0% IN JUNE AND JULY RESPECTIVELY.
AND
OF THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS, THOSE DENOMINATED IN HONG KONG DOLLARS
THOSE DENOMINATED IN FOREIGN CURRENCY GREW BY 1.4% AND 3.0% RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 17.4% AND 29.5%
RESPECTIVELY.
LOANS TO FINANCE EXTERNAL TRADE OF HONG KONG GREW BY 1.3% IN AUGUST, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 3.8% AND 2.0% IN JUNE AND JULY
RESPECTIVELY.
OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 22.9%. OTHER LOANS FOR USk IN HONG KONG GREW BY 1.3% IN AUGUST, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 1.3% AND 1.5% RESPECTIVELY IN THE PREVIOUS TWO MONTHS.
FOR
USE
THE YEAR, OVER
THESE LOANS GREW BY 16.6%. LOANS FOR OUTSIDE HONG KONG ROSE BY 3.4% IN AUGUST, AFTER INCREASES OF 0.5% AND 2.9% IN JUNE AND JULY RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS BY 46.0%.
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
THE
GRRW
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49
NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS REMAINED UNCHANGED 163.
THE NUMBER OF RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS INCREASED BY ONE WHILE THAT OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES DECREASED BY ONE TO 162.
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