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MONDAY, SEPTEMBRA 3, 1979

LOANS AND ADVANCES BY BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES TOGETHER ROSE BY 2.9 PER CENT IN JULY, AGAINST 1.7 PER CENT IN JUNE, AND IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS ROSE AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 27 PER CENT

THE DETAILED FIGURES, AND COMPARISONS WITH EARLIER MONTHS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

IN $MILLION

INCREASES OVER EARLIER MONTHS

JULY 1979

JUNE 1979 APRIL 1979

JULY 1978

M 1

24 769

M 2

82 536

M 3

86 877

466 (1.9%) +1 414 (6.1%)

+1 608 (2.0%) +4 160 (5.3%)

+1 521 (1.8%) +4 844 (5.9%)

+ 4 726 (23.6%)

+14 929 (22.1%)

*

BANKS

DEPOSITS

75 941

+1 769 (2.4%) +4 225 (5.9%) +14 269 (23.1%)

LOANS AND

ADVANCES

IN HONG KONG

64 268

+1 910 (3.1%) +4 152 (6.9%)

+20 275 (46.1%)

DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES

DEPOSITS

18 835

+ 980 (5.5%) +3 473 (22.6%)

*

LOANS AND

ADVANCES IN

HONG KONG 11 213

+ 268 (2.4%) + 785 (7.5%)

*

BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES

LOANS AND

ADVANCES IN

HONG KONG 66 103

+1 874 (2.9%) + 3 801 (6.1%)

*

(THE ASTERISK DENOTES THAT FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE EARLIER THAN DECEMBER 1979.)

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