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TABLE 1: MONETARY STATISTICS

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March 1984

Earlier months

(% change to March 1984)

FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1984

(HK$mm)

Money Supply

Mar 1984

Feb 1984

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ML HK$

Foreign currency

31,984 2,370

30,583 (+ 4.6%)

2,487 (-4.7%)

Total

34,354

33,071 (+3.9%)

M2 - HK$

157,042

157,779 (-0.5%)

Foreign currency

122,454

115,223 (+ 6.3%)

Dec 1983

28,277 (+13.1%) 2,619 (9.5%) 30,896 (+11.2%) 138,818 (+13.17) 118,867 (+3.0%)

Total

279,497

273,002 (+2.4%)

257,685 (+ 8.5%)

M3

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HK$

185,838

187,095 (-0.7%)

168,020 (+10.6%)

Foreign currency

150,016

143,065 (+4.9%)

143,125 (+ 4.8%)

Total

335,855

330,160 (+1.7%)

311,146 (+ 7.9%)

Mar 1983

26,963 (+18.6%) 1,647 (+43.9%) 28,610 (+20.1%) 122,220 (+28.5%) 96,735 (+26.6%) 218,955 (+27.7%) 148,869 (+24.8%) 113,320 (+32.4%) 262,189 (+28.1%)

Deposits

Demand deposits

21,057

Savings deposits

80,792

Time deposits with banks

159,441

Time deposits with dtcs

54,569

All HK$ deposits

170,480

All foreign currency deposits

145,379

19,817 (+6.3%) 82,647 (-2.2%) 152,336 (+4.7%) 55.373 (-1.5%) 171,762 (-0.7%) 138,411 (+5.0%)

18,182 (+15.8%) 71,156 (+13.5%) 150,535 (+5.9%) 52,377 (+4.2%) 153,401 (+11.1%)

15,706 (+34.1%) 67,899 (+19.0%)

117,262 (+36.0%)

42,052 (+29.8%)

133,457 (+27.7%)

138,849 (+ 4.7%)

Total

315,859

310,173 (+1.8%)

292,250 (+8.1%)

109,463 (+32.8%) 242,920 (+30.0%)

Loans and advances

To finance Hong Kong's visible

trade

30,023

29,273 (+ 2.6%)

29,482 (+ 1.8%)

To finance merchandising trade

not touching Hong Kong Other loans for use in Hong Kong Other loans for use outside Hong

Kong

3,337

2,848 (+17.2%)

211,448

210,368 (+0.5%)

134,435

131,854 (+ 2.0%)

Other loans where the place of use

19,415

19,502 (-0.4%)

2,887 (+15.6%)

208,931 (+1.2%) 131,497 (+2.2%)

18,555 (+ 4.67%)

26,085 (+15.1%)

2,585 (+29.1%)

195.617 (+8.1%) 105,808 (+27.1%)

15,357 (+26.4%)

is not known

All loans in HK$

201,569

199,206 (+1.2%)

All loans in foreign currencies

197,088

194,638 (+ 1.37)

Total

398,657

393,844 (+1.2%)

197,175 (+2.27) 194,177 (+1.5%) 391,352 (+ 1.%)

187,731 (+ 7.4%)

157,722 (+25.0%)

345,452 (+15.4%)

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