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THURSDAY.

TOTAL MONEY SUPPLY

TOTAL MONEY SUPPLY ON ALL DEFINITIONS ALSO ROSE IN AUGUST. TOTAL M1 GREW BY 6.8 PER CENT WHILE TOTAL M2 AND TOTAL M3 GREW BY 2.7 PER CENT AND 2.3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE YEAR, TOTAL M1 INCREASED BY 14.7 PER CENT, TOTAL M2 BY 27.4 PER CENT AND TOTAL M3 BY 22.0 PER CENT.

LOANS AND ADVANCES

LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED BY BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAK ING COMPANIES GREW SLOWER IN AUGUST, BY 0.5 PER CENT AFTER AN INCREASE OF 1.0 PER CENT IN JUNE AND 2.3 PER CENT IN JULY. OVER THE TWELVE MONTHS, THEY GREW BY 11.4 PER CENT.

LOANS DENOMINATED IN HONG KONG DOLLARS GREW FASTER AT 1.2 PER CENT WHILE LOANS DENOMINATED IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES FELL BY 0.3 PER CENT IN AUGUST. OVER THE YEAR, THE FORMER GREW BY 8.6 PER CENT WHILE THE LATTER GREW BY 14.2 PER CENT.

WITHIN THE TOTAL, LOANS TO FINANCE THE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG FELL BY 3.3 PER CENT AFTER AN INCREASE OF 2.3 PER CENT IN JUNE AND 3.3 PER CENT IN JULY. OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG INCREASED BY 1.6 PER CENT; OVER THE YEAR, THEY GREW BY 10.4 PER CENT.

LIQUIDITY RATIOS

THE AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO (AS DEFINED IN S. 18 OF THE BANKING ORDINANCE) FOR ALL BANKS ROSE TO 55.1 PER CENT IN AUGUST FROM 54.2 PER CENT IN JULY. THE AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO FOR ALL DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES (AS DEFINED IN S. 24A OF THE DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES ORDINANCE) DECREASED TO 40.6 PER CENT IN AUGUST FROM 41.0 PER CENT IN JULY.

NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS

THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS REMAINED UNCHANGED AT 149. THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED DEPOSIT-TAK ING COMPANIES AND REGISTERED DEPOSIT-TAK ING COMPANIES ALSO REMAINED UNCHANGED AT 37 AND 261 RESPECTIVELY.

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