6.
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993
TABLE 1: MONETARY STATISTICS - FEBRUARY 1993
Monetary
Feb 1993
Earlier months (% change to Feb (993)
Jan 1993
Nov 1992
Feb 1992
(HK$m)
Money Supply
MI-HICS
134,093
Foreign currency Total
15,970
150,063
M2 - HK$*
746,473
144,303 (-7.1 ) 18,495 (-13.7 ) 162,798 (-7.8) 744,538 ( 0.3 )
134,847 (-0.6 )
112,491 (19.2)
17,866 (-10.6 )
16,074 (-0.6 )
152,713 (-1.7) 714,330 (
128,565 (16,7 )
4.5 )
633,684 ( 17.8)
Foreign currency*
821,706
821,976 {
0.2 )
783,957 (
5.1)
748,230 ( 10.1 )
Total
1,570,180
1,566,514 (
0.2 )
1,498,286 (
4.8)
1,381,913 (13.6)
M3 - HKS
769,810
768,082 (
0.2)
736,637 (
4.5)
656,528 ( 17.3 )
Foreign currency"
857,264
855,577 (
0.2 )
819,174 (
4.6 )
789,571 ( 8.6)
Total
1,627,075
1,623,659 (
0.2 )
1,555,811 (
4.6 )
1,446,099 (12.5)
Notes and coins in circulation
62,575
70,341 (-11.0)
of which held by public
54,761
61,171 (-10.5)
57,051 ( 49,467 (10.7)
9.7 })
53,150 (17.7 )
46,430 (17.9)
Total Deposita
Total Demand deposits
95,302
101,627 (-6.2)
103,246 -7.7)
(
Total Savings deposits
357,353
Total Time deposits with licensed banks
1,045,570
Total Time deposits with restricted licence banks
35,266
356,436 ( 0.3 ) 1,029,652 (
1.5 ) 36,821 ( -2.6)
351,547 ( 977,571 (
1.7 )
82,135 ( 16.0 ) 316,471 (12.9)
7.0)
919,744 (13.7)
36,556 (-1.9 }
38,664 (-7.2 )
Total Time deposits with deposit-taking companies
18,523
HK$ deposita*
701,314
USS deposits
417,691
Other foreign currency deposits*
433,609
All deposits
1,552,614
18,617 (0.5) 692,941 (
1.2 ) 420,363 (-0.6) 429,848 ( 0.9) 1,543,152 ( 0.6)
19,031 ( -2.7) 673,295 (
4.2 ) 378,418 (10.4) 436,238 (0.6) 1,487,952 ( 4.3 )
22,372 (-17.2 }
596,800 (17.5 )
316,976 ( 318 )
465,610 (-6.9 )
1,379,386 ( 12.6 )
Foreign currency swap deposits
60,976
59,783 (
2.0)
54,650 ( 11.6 )
40,067 ( 52.2)
Total Lowns and advances
To finance H.K.'s visible trade
91,780
91,514 (
0.3)
To finance merchandising trade not touching H.K.
12,200
12,026 (
1.4 )
Other loans for use in H.K.
935,875
923,694 (
1.3)
87,976 { 11,823 ( 910,269 (
4.3 ) 3.2 )
81,632 ( 12.4 ) 11,926 (
2.3 )
2.8)
832,311 (12.4 )
Other loans for use outside H.K.
1,491,999
1,415,836 (
5.4 )
1,415,574 (
5.4)
1,301,457 ( 14.6)
Other loans where the place of use is not known
38,717
38,102 (
1.6 )
37,498 (
3.2)
38,036 (
1.8 }
Loans in HK$
833,744
Loans in foreign currencies
Total loans and advances
1,736,827 2,570,571
823,506 (
1.2 ) 1,657,665 (
4.8 ) 2,481,171 (
3.6 )
806,376 ( 1,656,765 ( 2,463,141 (
3.4 )
739,186 ( 12.8 )
4.8)
1,526,177 ( 13.8)
4.4 )
2,265,362 (13.5)
• Adjusted for foreign currency swap deposits. Starting from April 1991, swap deposits can further be broken down into US dollar and non-US dollar foreign currency swap deposits.
Note: "Restricted licence banks' and 'deposit-taking companies' were known as 'licensed deposit-taking companies' and 'registered deposit-taking
companies' respectively before 1 February 1990.
17