TABLE 1: MONETARY STATISTICS
Oct 1991
Sep 1991
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3,
1991
OCTOBER 1991
Earlier months (% change to Oct (991)
Jul 1991
Oct 1990
(HK$mn)
Money Supply
MI - HKS
108,142
108,539 (0.4)
99,773 (
8.4 )
89,728 ( 20.5)
Foreign currency
15,964
17,221 (-7.3 )
14,177 ( 12.6 )
14,177 ( 12.6)
Total
124,106
125,761 (-1.3 )
113,951 (
8.9)
103,905 (19.4 )
M2 - HK$*
611,155
607,616 (
0.6)
574,701 (
6.3)
530,131 (15.3 }
Foreign currency
706,650
693,450 (
19 )
687,406 (
2.8)
651,404 (8.5)
Total
1,317,804
1,301,066 (
1.3 )
1,262,107 (
4.4)
1,181,535 (11.5)
M3 - HKS*
636.798
634,385 (
0.4 )
602,407 (
5.7)
562,607 (13.2)
Foreign currency
748,809
736,043 (
1.7 )
729,219 (
2.7 )
694,874 ( 7,8)
Total
1,385,607
1,370,428 (
1,331,627
4.1 )
1,257,480 ( 10.2)
Notes and coins in circulation
46,097
46,638 (1.2)
44.564 (
3.4 )
40,457 (13.9 }
of which held by public
40,082
40,257 (-0.4)
38,450 (
4.2 )
35,211 (13.8 )
Total Deposits
Total Demand deposits
84,024
Total Savings deposits
291,009
85,504 (-1.7 } 281,731 ( 3.3)
Total Time deposits with licensed banks
886,557
Total Time deposits with restricted licence banks
39,693
Total Time deposits with deposit-taking companies
24,816
HK$ deposits
583,035
877,155 ( 1.1 } 40,395 (-1.7 ) 25,668 (-3.3) 580,212 (
0.5 )
US$ deposits®
301,948
297,719 (
1.4 )
Other foreign currency deposita
441,115
432.522 (
2.0)
All deposits
1,326,099
1,310,453 (
1.2)
75,501 11.3 ) 253,897 ( 14.6 ) 877.790 ( 1.0)
38,905 (
2.0 ) 27,500 (-9.8) 550,663 (
5.9) 288,738 (
4.6 ) 434,193 ( 1,273,594 (
68,694 (22.3) 225,163 ( 29.2) 834,990 (
6.2 )
40,976 {
3.1)
33,421 (-25:7 )
514,606 ( 13.3 )
296,219 (
1.9 )
1.6 ) 4.1)
392,419 ( 12.4 ) 1,203,244 ( 10.2 )
Foreign currency swap deposits
41,893
45,008 ( -6.9 )
61,156 (-31.5)
68.416 (-38.3 )
Total Loans and advances
To finance H.K.'s visible trade
To finance merchandising trade not touching H.K.
82,806
11,569
Other loans for use in H.K.
787,995
Other loans for use outside H.K.
1,185,737
Other Joans where the place of use is not known
39,046
Loans in HK$
697,195
Loans in foreign currencies
Total loans and advances
77
1,409,958 2,107,153
82,297 (
0.6) 11,866 ( -2.5) 782,172 ( 0.7) 1,119,381 (
5.9 ) 39,016 ( 690,896 ( 1,343,836 ( 2,034,732 (
81,903 ( 11) 9,828 ( 17.7) 757,808 ( 4.0 ) 1,059,148 ( 12.0 )
69,872 (18.5)
10,112 ( 14.4 )
672,947 (17.1 )
852,910 ( 39.0 )
41,584 (-6.1 )
125,893 (-69.0 }
0.9 )
671,257 ( 3.9) 4.9 ) 1,279,015 (10.2) 3.6)
590,715 ( 18.0 )
1.141,020 (23.6 }
1,950,272 ( 8.0)
1,731,734 (21.7)
* Adjusted for foreign currency swap deposits. Starting from April 1991, swap deposits can further be broken down into US dollar and non-US
dollar 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 1 February 1990,
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