FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1993
YEAR-ON-YEAR, TOTAL INCREASE OF 13.2%.
HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS REGISTERED AN
FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS WITH AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS INCREASED BY 0.5% IN DECEMBER, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 1.0% IN OCTOBER
A DECREASE OF 0.5% IN NOVEMBER.
AND
OF THESE DEPOSITS, U.S. DOLLAR DEPOSITS INCREASED BY 2.5% WHILE NON-U.S. DOLLAR DEPOSITS DECREASED BY 1.2%. YEAR-ON-YEAR, TOTAL FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS INCREASED BY 6.3%.
DURING DECEMBER, DEPOSITS OF ALL CURRENCIES WITH LICENSED BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES GREW BY 1.2% AND 0.4% RESPECTIVELY WHILE DEPOSITS WITH RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS DROPPED BY 5.3%.
YEAR-ON-YEAR, DEPOSITS WITH LICENSED BANKS GREW BY 10.5% WHILE DEPOSITS WITH RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES DECLINED BY 12.7% AND 18.9% RESPECTIVELY.
MONEY SUPPLY
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1.8% AND 1.9%
HK$M1, HK$M2 AND HK$M3 INCREASED BY 3.4%, RESPECTIVELY IN DECEMBER. THEIR CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES IN NOVEMBER WERE -41.6%, -16.1% AND -15.7% RESPECTIVELY.
YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE MONETARY AGGREGATES INCREASED BY 24.8%. 14.3% AND 13.7% RESPECTIVELY.
TOTAL
M1. M2 AND M3 INCREASED BY 1.9%, 1.4% AND 1.2% IN
DECEMBER RESPECTIVELY. THEIR CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES IN NOVEMBER WERE -38.3%, -8.7% AND
-8.3%
RESPECTIVELY.
YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE MONETARY AGGREGATES GREW BY 21.1%, 10.8% AND 9.5% RESPECTIVELY.
LOANS AND ADVANCES
TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED BY AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS INCREASED BY 0.3% IN DECEMBER FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF
IN OCTOBER AND A DECREASE OF 5.6% IN NOVEMBER.
3.5%
KONG
AMONG THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS, THOSE DENOMINATED IN HONG DOLLAR INCREASED BY 0.7% WHILE THOSE DENOMINATED IN FOREIGN CURRENCY INCREASED BY 0.04%. COMPARED WITH A YEAR EARLIER, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 12.2% AND 9.0% RESPECTIVELY.
LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG INCREASED BY 1.5% IN DECEMBER, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 0.04% IN OCTOBER AND A DECREASE OF 1.4% IN NOVEMBER. YEAR-ON-YEAR, SUCH LOANS GREW BY 8.0%.
OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG DECREASED BY 0.04% IN DECEMBER, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 13.7% IN OCTOBER AND A DECREASE OF 12.3% IN NOVEMBER. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 11.4%.
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