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TABLE 1: MONETARY STATISTICS
FEBRUARY 1992
Feb 1992
Jan 1992
Earlier mouths (% change to Feb 1992)
Nov 1991
Feb 1991
(HK$mn)
Money Supply
MI - HKS
[12,491
125.705 (-10.5)
Foreign currency Total
16,074
15.619 ( 2.9 )
128,565
141,324 ( -9.0 )
109,822 (
16,488 ( -2.5) 126,309 ( 1.8)
2.4)
M2 - HKS*
633.684
640,258 (-1.0 )
625,891 (
1,2 )
Foreign currency*
748,230
747,115 ( 0.1)
710,842 (
5.3)
Total
1,381,913
1,387,374 (-0.4)
1,336,733 (
3.4)
100,167 ( 12.3 ) 16,723 (-3.9 ) 116,889 (10.0) 554,099 ( 144 ) 684,084 ( 9.4 ) 1,238,183 (15.6)
M3. HK$*
656,528
Foreign currency"
789,571
Total
1,446,099
663,344 (-1.0) 787,943 ( 0.2) 1,451,287 (-0.4)
651,596 (
0.8)
753,714 ( 1,405,310 (
4.8) 2.9)
728,194 ( 1,310,826 ( 10.3)
582,632 ( 12.7 ) 8.4 )
Notes and coins in circulation
53.150
of which held by public
46,430
61,738 (-13.9 } 52,909 (-12.2 )
47,512 (11.9-)
41,355 (12.3)
47,559 ( 118 ) 41,739 (IL2 }
Total Deposits
82.135
Total Demand deposits
316,471
Toul Savings deposits
Total Time deposits with licensed banka
919,744
Total Time deposits with restricted licence banks
38,664
310,750 ( 918,439 ( 37,961 (
88,414 (-7.1 ) 1.8) 0.1 )
1.9 )
84,955 (-3.3) 307,303 ( 887,089 (
41,068 (-5.9 )
3.0 ) 3.7)
75,151 ( 246,640 ( 28.3 }
9.3)
857,197 (
7.3)
40,672 (4.9 }
Total Time deposits with deposit-taking companies
22.372
22.750 (-1.7 )
24.331 (-3.1 }
30,335
-26.3)
HKS deposits*
596,800
597,130 (-0.1)
596,751 {
0.0)
527.925 ( 13.0 )
US$ deposits*
316,976
314,617 ( 0.7 )
302,712 (
4.7)
293.976 ( 7.8)
Other foreign currency deposits*
465,610
1,379,386
466,567 (-0.2) 0.1 ) 1,378,315 (
445,283 (
4.6)
428,094 (
8.8)
1,344,746 (
2.6 )
1,249,995 ( 10.4)
All deposits
Foreign currency swap deposits
40,067
41,946 ( 45 )
38,957 (
2.8)
59,744 (-32.9 )
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Total Loans and advances
To finance H.K.'s visible.trade
81,632
To finance merchandising trade not touching H.K.
11,926
Other loans for use in H.K.
832,311
Other loans for use outside H.K.
1,301,457
Other loans where the place of use is not known
38,036
Loans in HKS
739,186
Loans in foreign currencies
1,526,177
Total loans and advanceS
2,265,362
83,623 ( -2.4 ) 11,678 ( 2.1) 830,865 (
0.2 ) 1,308,063 (0.5) 40,572 ( -6.3 } 736,501 ( 0.4) 1,538,300 (-0.8) 2,274,801 (-0.4)
82,837 { 10,885 ( 803,683 ( 1,231,048 (
39,696 (4.2 } 711,178 ( 1,456,971 ( 2.168.149 (
-1.5 } 9.6 )
73,604 ( 10.9 )
3.6)
8,513 (40.1 } 706,401 ( 17.8 )
5.7 )
942,529 (33.1)
127,353 (-70.1)
3.9) 4.7 )
623,255 ( 18.6 ) 1,235,145 (23.6)
4.5)
1,358,400 ( 21.9)
• 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 banka" and "deposit-taking companies" were known as "Ticensed deposit-taking companies' and 'registered deposit-taking
companies' respectively before I February 1990.
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