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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1987

LOANS TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES INCREASED 0.1 PER CENT, FOLLOWING A DECREASE OF 3.0 PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 3.8 PER CENT.

LOANS TO THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SECTOR INCREASED BY 6.4 PER CENT AFTER A FALL OF 8.1 PER CENT IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 1986. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS FELL BY 3.0 PER CENT.

LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) CONTINUED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY. BY 9.2 PER CENT AFTER INCREASES OF 11.6 PER CENT AND 7.7 PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS TWO QUARTERS, REFLECTING THE CONTINUED GROWTH IN ACTIVITY IN THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MARKET. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 42.5 PER CENT.

NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS

THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS IS 149. THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES DECREASED BY ONE TO 36 AND THE NUMBER OF REPORTING REGISTERED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES INCREASED BY ONE TO 250.

MONETARY STATISTICS