MONEY SUPPLY
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THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993
HK$M) DECREASED BY 7.1% WHILE HK$M2 AND HK$M3 TNCREASED BY 0.3% AND 0.2% RESPECTIVELY IN FEBRUARY
1993,
COMPARED WITH INCREASES OF 3.5%, 2.4% AND 2.4% IN JANUARY 1993. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE MONETARY AGGREGATES INCREASED BY 19.2%, 17.8% AND 17.3% RESPECTIVELY.
TOTAL ME DECREASED BY 7.8% WHILE BOTH TOTAL M2 AND M3 INCREASED BY 0.2% EACH IN FEBRUARY 1993 THESE COMPARED WITH INCREASES OF 4.7%, 3.1% AND 3.1% RESPECTIVELY IN JANUARY 1993. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE
·
MONETARY AGGREGATES INCREASED BY 16.7%, 13.6% AND 12.5% RESPECTIVELY.
LOANS AND · ADVANCES
TOTAL
INSTITUTIONS
OF 0.3% AND
OUTSTANDING LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED BY AUTHORISED INCREASED BY 3.6% IN FEBRUARY 1993, FOLLOWING INCREASES
0.5% IN DECEMBER 1992 AND JANUARY 1993 RESPECTIVELY.
AMONG THESE LOANS, HONG KONG DOLLAR LOANS INCREASED BY 1.2% WHILE FOREIGN CURRENCY LOANS INCREASED BY 4.8%. COMPARED WITH A EARLIER, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 12.8% AND 13.8% RESPECTIVELY.
YEAR
0.
3%
LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG INCREASED BY IN FEBRUARY 1993, AFTER INCREASES OF 1.5% AND 2.5% IN DECEMBER 1992 AND JANUARY 1993 RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, SUME LOANS GREW BY 12.4%.
OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG INCREASED BY 1.3% IN FEBRUARY 1993, FOLLOWING A DECREASE OF 0.04% IN DECEMBER 1992 AND AN INCREASE OF 1.5% IN JANUARY 1993. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 12.4%.
IN FEBRUARY
LOANS FOR USE OUTSIDE HONG KONG INCREASED BY 5.1% 1993, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 0.4% IN DECEMBER 1992 AND A DECREASE OF 0.3% IN JANUARY 1993. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESK LOANS GREW BY 14.6%.
LOANS TO FINANCE TRADE NOT TOUCHING HONG KONG INCREASED BY 1.4% DURING FEBRUARY 1993,
AFTER INCREASES OF 0.5% AND 1.2% IN DECEMBER 1992 AND JANUARY 1993 RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE INCREASED BY 2.3%.
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
THE NUMBER
LOANS
OF REPORTING LICENSED. BANKS, RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES REMAINED UNCHANGED AT 161, 56 AND 146 RESPECTIVELY.
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