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DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES

DEPOSITS

24 495

LOANS AND ADVANCES

13 566

IN HONG KONG

LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO

55.4%

27

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1980

22 876 21 422 10 447 (+7.1%) (+14.3%) (+134.5%)

13 085 11 964 10 139 (+3.7%) (+13.4%) (+33.8%)

97.1%

57.2% 55.8%

BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES

TOTAL CREDIT TO THE ECONOMY

75 793

71 738 68 526 56 567 (+5.7%) (+10.6%) (+34.0%)

* THESE FIGURES ARE RECALCULATED TO EXCLUDE BANKS'

LIABILITIES TO, AND CLAIMS ON, DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES.

QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES IN HONG KONG

$ MN

CATEGORY OF BORROWER

LOANS AND ADVANCES BY BANKS

LOANS AND ADVANCES BY DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES

DEC 79

SEPT 79

DEC 79

SEPT 79

MANUFACTURING

OF WHICH:

TEXTILES

TRANSPORT AND

TRANSPORT

8 540 (+11.1%)

7 686

932 (+1.6%)

917

1 941 (+4.1%)

1 864

206 (-13.8%)

239

5 112 (+16.0%)

4 407

2 651 (+2.6%)

2 585

EQUIPMENT

BUILDING AND

CONSTRUCTION

7 299 (+9.8%)

6 650

2 586 (+21.1%)

2 136

GENERAL COMMERCE

19 695 (+7.1%)

18 393

2 334 (+12.4%)

2 076

FINANCIAL

CONCERNS *

2 239 (+21.8%)

1 839

1 108 (+61.0%)

688

/INDIVIDUALS: