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FRIDAY, JULY 4,-1980

THE DETAILED FIGURES FOR MAY 1980 AND COMPARISONS WITH PREVIOUS MONTHS ARE I

MONEY AND BANKING FIGURES

-

END OF MAY 1980 (IN HK$ MN)

FIGURES FOR EARLIER MONTHS

(6 CHANGE):

MAY 1980

APRIL 1980

FEB

1980

MAY 1979

M 1

20 950

20 039 (+4.5%)

M 2

80 921

76 973 (+5.1%)

M 3

111 882

107 967 (+3.6%)

21 647 (-3.2%)

78 219 (+3.5%)

107 770 (+3.8%)

18 331 (+14.3%)*

66 551 (+21.6%)*

83 515 (+34.0%)

BANKS!

DEPOSITS

70 065 (+4.7%)

59 957 (+22.4%)*

73 367

69 509 (+5.6%)

LOANS AND ADVANCES IN

H.K.

69 916

72 024 (-2.9%)

69 306 (+0.9%)

52 534 (+33.1%) *

LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO

95.3%

103.6%

98.9%

87.6%

AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO

48.7%

49.6%

53.6%

48.2%

DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES-

DEPOSITS

30 961

30 994 (-0.1%)

29 551 (+4.8%)

LOANS AND ADVANCES IN

H.K.

21 691

17 581 (+23.4%)

15 304 (+41.7%)

16 964 (+82.5%)

10 491 (+106.8%)

LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO

70.1%

56.7%

51.8%

61.8%

AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO+

43.4%

41.9%

48.1%

BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAK ING COMPANIES

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TOTAL CREDIT TO THE

ECONOMY

91 607

89 605 (+2.2%)

84 610 (+8.3%)

63 025 (+45.4%)

★ THESE FIGURES