MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1992
TABLE 1: MONETARY STATISTICS - JANUARY 1992
Jan 1992
Dec 1991
Earlier months (* change to Jan 1992)
Od 1991
Jan 1991
(HKSma)
Money Supply
MI - HKS
125,705
Foreign currency Total
15,619
141,324
111,769 (12.5) 16,728 (-6.6) 128,497 ( 10.0)
108,142 (16.2 )
97,062 (29.5 )
15,964 (-2.2 )
13,880 ( 12.5 }
124,106 (13,9 )
110,942 ( 27.4 )
M2 - HK$*
640,258
636,042 (
0.7)
611,155 (
4.8)
552,058 ( 16.0 )
Foreign currency*
747,115
734,948 (
1.7 }
706,650 (
5.7)
684,895 ( 9.1 )
Toul
1,387,374
1,370,990 (
1.2 }
1,317,804 (
5.3)
1,236,952 ( 12.2 )
M3 - HK$*
663,344
660,117 (
0.5)
636,798 (
4.2 )
582,345 (13.9 )
Foreign currency
787,943
Toul
1,451,287
777,225 ( 1,437,342 ( 1.0 }
1,4 )
748,809 ( 1,385,607 (
5.2) 4.7)
730,851 ( 7.8.) 1,313,195 ( 10.5 )
Notes and coins in circulation
61,738
of which held by publis
52,909
49.177 [25.5 ) 42,608 (24.2 }
46,097 ( 33.9 ) 40,082 ( 32.0)
45,802 (~34.8.) 38,070 ( 39.0 )
Total Deposits
Toul Demand deposits
85,414
Total Savings deposits
310,750
85,889 (
2.9) 314,052 (-LI}
Toul Time deposits with licensed banks
911,439
911,491 ( 0.1)
84,024 (
5.2) 291,009 ( 6.8) 886,557 (
3.6)
72,871 (21.3 }
242,123 (28.3) 866,072
6.0 )
Total Time deposits with restricted licence banke
37,961
39,627 ( 4.2 )
39,693 (
4.4 )
43,069 ( -11.9 )
Total Time deposits with deposit-taking companies
22,750
23,547 (-3.4)
24,816
-8.3)
HK$ deposits*
597,130
604,162 (-1.2)
$83,035 (
2.4)
US$ deposits
314,617
311,422 ( 1.0 )
301,948 (
4.2 )
304,014 (
31,417 ( -27.6 )
530,884 ( 12.5 }
3.5 )
Other foreign currency deposits
466,567
All deposits
1,378,315
459,023 ( 1,374,606 (
1.6) 0.3)
441,115 ( 1,326,099 ( 3.9)
5.8)
420,655 ( 10.9 ) 1,255,553 (
9.8)
Foreign currency swap deposits
41,946
40,235 (
4.3 )
41,893 (0.1 )
65,278 (-35.7 }
Total Loans and advances
To finance H.K.% visible trade
83,623
To finance merchandising trade not touching H.K.
!1,678
Other loans for use in H.K.
830,865
Other loans for use outside H.K.
1,308,063
Other loans where the place of use is not known
40,572
Loans in HKS
736,501
Loans in foreign currencies
Total loans and advances
1,538,300 2,274,801
$2,637 (
1.2 ) 12,384 (-5.7) 816,767 { 1.7) 1,293,387 ( 1.) } 38,598 ( 5.1 } 723,832 (
1.8) 1,519,940 ( 1.2) 2,243,773 ( 1.4)
82,805 ( 11,569 ( 787,995 ( 1,185,737 ( 10.3 )
39,046 ( 697,195 ( 1,409,958 ( 2,107,153 (
1.0 ) 0.9 ) 5.4)
73,287 ( 14.1 }
9,265 (26.0 } 698,148 ( 19.0)
923,020 ( 41.7 }
3.9 )
138,028 (-70.6 )
5.6)
616,665 (19.4 )
9.1)
1,225,082 ( 25.6)
8.0)
1,841,747 ( 23.5 }
• 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 I February 1990.
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