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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1980

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ANALYSIS OF LENDING BY SECTORS

DETAILS OF THE QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES IN HONG KONG SHOW THAT LOANS BY BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES TOGETHER TO MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY ROSE DURING THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF 1979 BY 10.1 PER CENT, WHILE LOANS FOR TRANSPORT AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT ROSE BY 11.0 PER CENT. LOANS TO THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SECTOR INCREASED BY 12.5 PER CENT, WHILE LOANS TO FINANCIAL CONCERNS (EXCLUDING LOANS TO BANKS OR TO DEPOSIT- TAKING COMPANIES) ROSE BY 32.4 PER CENT. LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY INCREASED BY 11.5 PER CENT, AND LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR ALL OTHER PURPOSES ROSE BY 11.2 PER CENT.

NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS

THE NUMBER OF REPORTING BANKS WAS UNCHANGED AT 105 AT THE END OF DECEMBER 1979. FOUR MORE DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES BEGAN TO REPORT DURING THE MONTH, BRINGING THEIR TOTAL TO 269.

THE FOLLOWING ARE TABLES SHOWING MONEY AND BANKING FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1979, AND THE QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES

IN HONG KONG -

MONEY AND BANKING FIGURES

DECEMBER 1979

$ MN

FIGURES FOR EARLIER MONTHS

DEC 1979

(% CHANGE).

NOV 79

SEPT 79

DEC 78

ML *

20 851

M2 *

75 270

MG

BANKS

99 765

20 039 (+4.1%)

72 957 (+3.2%)

95 833 (+4.1%)

19 022 (+9.6%)

20 110 (+3.7%)

66 472

69 417 (+8,4%) (+13.2%)

90 839 76 919 (+9.8%) (+29.7%)

DEPOSITS *

LOANS AND ADVANCES

67 985

62 227

IN HONG KONG *

LOAN/DEPOSIT

91.5%

66 028 (+3.0%)

62 545 59 929 (+8.7%) (+13.4%)

58 653 56 562 46 428 (+6.1%) (+10.0%) (+34.0%)

88.8% 90.4% 77.5%

RATIO X

AVERAGE LIQUIDITY

48.0%

48.9%

49.2% 46.2%

RATIO

/DEPOSIT TAKING