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THURSDAY, JUNE 301994
TABLE 1 : MONETARY STATISTICS
MAY 1994
May 1994
Earlier months (% change to May 1994)
Apr 1994
Feb 1994
May 1993
(HK$mn)
Money Supply
164,236
171,499 (
-4.2)
178,903 (
--8.2)
148,124 (
10.9)
MI - HKS
18,671
21,555 (
134 )
21,081 (
-11.4
16,412 (
13.8 )
Foreign currency
182,907
193,054 (
-5.3)
199,984 (
-8.5)
164,536 (
11.2)
Total
992,935
972,231 (
2.1)
949,518 (
4.6)
801,659 (
23.9)
M2 - HKS*
829,540
842,402 (
-15}
843,643 (
-1.7)
843,097 (
-1.6}
Foreign currency"
1,822,475
1,814,635 (
0.4)
1,793,161 (
1.6)
1,644,756 (
10.8)
Total
1,009,864
988,816 (
21)
966,364 (
4.5)
817,933 (
23.5)
M3
HK$*
874,645
886,997 (
−1.4)
884,847 (
-1.2)
875,062 (
-0.0)
Foreign currency*
1,884,509
1,875,813 (
0.5)
1,851,211 (
1.8)
1,692,995 (
11.3)
Total
72,444
73,254 (
-1.1 }
76,798 (
-57)
64,498 (
123 )
Notes and coins in circulation
64,260
65,187 (
-1.4)
68,695 (
-6.5 }
56,806 (
13.1}
of which held by public
Total Deposit
118,647
127,868 (
-72)
131,289 (
--9.6)
107,730 (
10.1)
Total Demand deposits
405,100
412,889 (
-1.9)
416,416 (−2.7)
383,188 (
5.7)
Total Savings deposits
1,202,783
1,178,078 (
2.1)
1,151,972 (
4.4)
1,078,859 (
11.5)
Total Time deposits with licensed banks
Total Time deposits with restricted licence banks
28,818
28,217 (
2.1)
25,587 (
12.6)
27,169 (
6.1)
Total Time deposits with deposit-taking companies
17,742
17,680 (
0.4)
17,820 (
−0.4}
17,970 (
--1.3)
922,695
901,693 (
2.3)
878,829 (
5.0)
747,215 (
23.5)
HK$ deposits*
439,458
434,384 (
1.1)
422,417 (
4.0)
415,007 (
5.9)
US$ deposits*
410,937
428,154 (
-4.0)
441,838 (
-7.0)
452,695 (
-9.2)
Other foreign currency deposits*
1,773,090
1,764,731 (
0.5)
1,743,083 (
1.7)
1,614,917 (
9.8)
All deposits
87,893
81,742 (
1.5)
73,289 (
19.9)
61,199 (
43.6)
Foreign currency swap deposits
Total Loans and advances
114,973
110,414 (
4.1)
104,068 (
10.5)
98,775 (
16.4)
To finance H.K.'s visible trade
To finance merchandising trade not touching H.K
11,559
11,179 (
3.4)
11,355 (
18)
11,998 (
−3.7 }
1,178,128
1,155,554 (
20)
1,119,004 (
5.3)
992,523 (
18.7 }
Other loans for use in H.K.
1,713,254
1,751,508 (
-2.2)
1,721,047 (
-0.5)
1,612,918 (
6.2)
Other loans for use outside H.K.
Other loans where the place of use is not known
45.142
45,129 (
0.0)
45,634 (
~1.1)
41,856 (
7.9 }
1,051,640
1,028,202 (
23}
991,314 (
6.1)
883,197 (
19.1 })
Loans in HK$
2,011,427
2,045,581 (
--1.7)
2,009,794 (
0.1}
1,874,874 (
7.3)
Loans in foreign currencies
3,063,067
3,073,783 (
-0.3)
3,001,108 (
2.1)
2,758,070 (
11.1}
Total loans and advances
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.
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