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LOANS TO FINANCE TRADE NOT TOUCHING HONG KONG DECREASED BY 1.4% DURING JUNE, AFTER INCREASES OF 7.2% AND 4.2% IN APRIL AND MAY
YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 41.6%.
RESPECTIVELY.
QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY SECTOR
DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1992, TOTAL LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG (EXCLUDING THOSE FOR TRADE FINANCING) INCREASED BY 4.1%.
OF THESE, LOANS FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING INCREASED BY 5.2%, FOLLOWING A DECREASE OF 0.05% AND AN INCREASE OF 4.5% IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1991 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON- YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 9.2%.
LOANS TO BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT SECTOR ROSE BY 4.0% DURING THE SECOND QUARTER, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 3.6% AND 1.5% DURING THE PREVIOUS TWO QUARTERS. YEAR-ON- YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 13.3%.
LOANS TO WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE RECORDED A QUARTERLY GROWTH OF 4.8%, COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES OF 1.6% AND 3.8% DURING THE PRECEDING TWO QUARTERS. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 13.7%.
LOANS TO FINANCIAL CONCERNS (EXCLUDING AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS) ROSE BY 0.9% THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 6.3% AND 3.8% DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1991 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 15.6%.
THIS
LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) GREW BY 5.3% QUARTER, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 5.4% AND 3.2% IN THE PRECEDING TWO QUARTERS. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 25.0%.
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
THE NUMBERS OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS, RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES EACH DECREASED BY ONE TO 159, 54 AND 153 RESPECTIVELY.
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