MONDAY, MAY 4, 1992
AMONG THESE DEPOSITS, DEMAND DEPOSITS AND TIME DEPOSITS GREW BY 7.9% AND 1.7% RESPECTIVELY DURING MARCH WHILE SAVING DEPOSITS DECREASED BY 1.6%.
YEAR-ON-YEAR, TOTAL HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS REGISTERED AN INCREASE OF 15.3%.
FOREIGN CURRENCY
DEPOSITS WITH AUTHORISED
INSTITUTIONS
DECREASED BY 1.1% IN MARCH, AFTER INCREASES OF 1.4% AND 0.2% IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY RESPECTIVELY.
OF THESE DEPOSITS,
U.S. DOLLAR DEPOSITS DECREASED BY 0.9%
WHILE NON-U.S. DOLLAR DEPOSITS DECREASED BY 1.2%. YEAR-ON-YEAR, FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS INCREASED BY 5.7%.
TOTAL
BANKS
BANKS
DURING MARCH, DEPOSITS OF ALL CURRENCIES WITH LICENSED REGISTERED ZERO GROWTH WHILE DEPOSITS WITH RESTRICTED LICENCE AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES DROPPED BY 3.8% AND 2.3% RESPECTIVELY.
YEAR-ON-YEAR, DEPOSITS WITH LICENSED BANKS GREW BY 11.5% WHILE DEPOSITS WITH RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES DECLINED BY 14.1% AND 27.0% RESPECTIVELY.
MONEY SUPPLY
HK$M1, HK$M2 AND HK$M3 INCREASED BY 2.8%, 0.8% AND 0.7% RESPECTIVELY IN MARCH, COMPARED WITH DECLINES OF 10.5%, 1.0% AND 1.0% IN FEBRUARY.
YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE MONETARY AGGREGATES INCREASED BY 22.8%, 16.6% AND 14.8% RESPECTIVELY.
TOTAL M1 INCREASED BY 0.9% IN MARCH WHILE M2 AND M3 DECREASED BY 0.2% AND 0.4% RESPECTIVELY. THESE COMPARED WITH DECLINES OF 9.0%, 0.4% AND 0.4% IN FEBRUARY.
YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE MONETARY AGGREGATES GREW BY 20.4%, 11.3% AND 9.6% RESPECTIVELY.
LOANS AND ADVANCES
TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED BY AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS DECREASED BY 0.4% IN MARCH FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 1.4% IN JANUARY AND A DECREASE OF 0.4% IN FEBRUARY.
AMONG THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS, THOSE DENOMINATED IN HONG KONG DOLLAR INCREASED BY 1.6% WHILE THOSE DENOMINATED IN FOREIGN CURRENCY DECREASED BY 1.4%.
COMPARED WITH A YEAR EARLIER, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 17.6% AND 25.5% RESPECTIVELY.
LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG INCREASED BY 1.0% IN MARCH, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 1.2% IN JANUARY AND A DECLINE OF 2.4% IN FEBRUARY.
YEAR-ON-YEAR, SUCH LOANS GREW BY 10.6%.
/OTHER LOANS
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