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MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1987

MONETARY STATISTICS

FEBRUARY 1987

Feb 1987

Earlier months

(HK$mn)

—

Money Supply

M1

Jan 1987

HKS

Foreign currency

54,473 5,046

Total

59,519

M2

-

HK$

251,490

Foreign currency

294,225

Total

M3

-

- HK$

Foreign currency

545,714 282,105 333,484

Total

615,589

57,967 ( -6.0 %) 4,875 ( 3.5 %) 62,842 ( -5.3 %) 249,029 ( 1.0 %%%) 286,233 ( 2.8 %) 535,262 ( 2.0 %) 280,358 ( 0.6 %) 326,813 ( 2.0 %) 607,172 { 1.4 %)

500,693 { 9.0 %) 261,551 { 7.9 %) 314,902 ( 5.9%) 576,453 ( 6.8%)

Notes and coins in circulation

of which held by public

23,914

20.998

29,294 (-18.4 %) 25,367 (-17.2 %)

21,549 ( 11.0 %) 18,813 ( 11.6 %)

(% change to February 1987)

Nov 1986

48,581 ( 12.1 %) 4.821 ( 4.7 %) 53,403 ( 11.5 %) 228,167 ( 10.2 %) 272,526 ( 8.0 %)

Feb 1986

42,690 ( 27.6 %)

4,433 ( 13.8 %) 47,123 ( 26.3 %) 201,422 ( 24.9 %) 211,938 ( 38.8 %) 413,360 ( 32.0%) 241,476 ( 16.8 %) 261,279 ( 27.6 %) 502,755 ( 22.4 %)

21,581 (10.8 %) 18,615 (12.8 %)

Deposits

Demand deposits

Savings deposits

38,521

136,541

Time deposits with banks

Time deposits with dtcs

341,407 65,875

All HK$ deposits

254,208

All foreign currency deposits Total

328,136

582,344

37,475 ( 2.8 %) 130,241 ( 4.8 %) 334,388 ( 2.1 %) 67,103 (-1.8 %) 248,477 ( 2.3 %) 320,731 ( 2.3 %) 569,208 ( 2.3 %)

237,184 ( 308,693 ( 545,877 {

34,590 ( 11.4 %) 120,926 ( 12.9 %) 319,369 ( 6.9 %) 70,992 (-7.2 %) 7.2%) 6.3 %) 6.7 %)

28,509 (35.1 %) 100,976 ( 35.2 %) 259,234 ( 31.7 %) 85,626 (-23.1 %) 218,574 ( 16.3 %) 255,770 ( 28.3 %) 474,344 ( 22.8 %)

Loans and advances

To finance H.K.'s visible trade

36,228

To finance merchandising trade

4,558

not touching H.K.

Other loans for use in H.K.

285,110

Other loans for use outside H.K.. 165,597 Other loans where the place of

use is not known

All loans in HK$

All loans in foreign currencies Total

32,250

263,659 260,084

523,743

36,717 (-1.3 %) 4,408 ( 3.4 %)

278,341 ( 2.4 %) 165,510 ( 0.1 %) 32,213 ( 0.1 %)

257,712 ( 2.3 %) 259,476 ( 0.2 %) 517,188 ( 1.3 %)

34,864 (

3.9 %) 3,978 (14.6 %)

265,894 ( 160,084 ( 29,665 (

246,805 ( 247,680 ( 494,485 (

6.8%) 5.0 %) 5.9 %)

7.2%) 3.4 %) 8.7 %)

31.131 ( 16.4 %) 4,732 (-3.7 %)

240,740 ( 18.4 %) 152,196 ( 8.8 %) 23,619 ( 36.5 %)

225,712 ( 16.8 %) 226,705 ( 14.7 %) 452,417 ( 15.8 %)

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