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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1992
TOTAL M1 AND M2 INCREASED BY 0.4% AND 0.3% RESPECTIVELY WHILE TOTAL M3 RECORDED NO GROWTH IN JULY. THESE COMPARED WITH INCREASES OF
1.1% AND 1.2% IN JUNE.
6.1%,
YEAR-ON-YEAR,
THESE MONETARY AGGREGATES INCREASED BY 30.3%, 14.9% AND 13.3% RESPECTIVELY.
LOANS AND ADVANCES
TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED BY AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS INCREASED BY 1.0% IN JULY, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 2.7% AND 1.9% IN MAY AND JUNE RESPECTIVELY.
AMONG THESE LOANS, BOTH HONG KONG DOLLAR LOANS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY LOANS INCREASED BY 1.0% EACH.
COMPARED WITH A YEAR EARLIER, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 17.6% AND 26.1% RESPECTIVELY.
LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG INCREASED BY 0.9% IN JULY, AFTER INCREASES OF 4.3% AND 1.0% IN MAY AND JUNE RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, SUCH LOANS GREW BY 11.0%.
OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG INCREASED BY 0.6% IN JULY, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 2.0% AND 1.2% IN MAY AND JUNE RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 16.7%.
LOANS FOR USE OUTSIDE HONG KONG INCREASED BY 1.5% IN JULY, AFTER INCREASES OF 3.2% AND 2.6% IN MAY AND JUNE. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 30.1%.
LOANS то FINANCE TRADE NOT TOUCHING HONG KONG DECREASED 23.0% DURING JULY, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 4.2% IN MAY AND A DECREASE 1.4% IN JUNE. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 13.9%.
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OF
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
160
THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS INCREASED BY ONE TO WHILE THE NUMBER OF RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS REMAINED UNCHANGED AT 54. THE NUMBER OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES DECREASED BY THREE TO 150.
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