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MONETARY STATISTICS

Mar 1987

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1987

—

MARCH 1987

(HK$)

Earlier months

(% change to March 1987)

Money Supply

Feb 1987

Dec 1986

Mar 1986

M1

—

HK$

54,193

54,473 (-0.5 %)

Foreign currency

5,190

Total

59,383

M2

—

HK$

257,310

Foreign currency

303,553

Total

560,863

M3

-

HK$

287,802

Foreign currency

331,799

Total

619,601

5,046 ( 2.9 %) 59,519 -0.2 %) 251,490 ( 2.3 %) 294,225 ( 3.2 %) 545,714 ( 2.8 %) 282,105 ( 2.0 %) 323,041 ( 2.7 %) 605,145 ( 2.4 %)

Notes and coins in circulation

of which held by public

23,411

20,410

23,914 ( -2.1 %) 20,998 (−2.8 %)

22,412 ( 19,295 (

51,600 ( 5.0 %) 4,494 (15.5 %) 56,094 ( 5.9 %) 237,776 ( 8.2 %) 280,355 8.3 %) 518,131 ( 8.2 %) 270,517 ( 6.4 %) 311,691 ( 6.5 %) 582,208 ( 6.4 %

4.5 %) 5.8 %)

41,850 ( 29.5 %)

4,021 ( 29.1 %) 45,871 ( 29.5 %) 200,196 ( 28.5 %) 212,897 ( 42.6 %) 413,093 ( 35,8 %) 239,171 ( 20.3 %) 242,937 ( 36.6 %) 482,108 ( 28.5 %)

21,329 ( 9.8%) 18,504 ( 10.3 %)

Deposits

Demand deposits

Savings deposits

38,974

137,204

Time deposits with banks

355,711

Time deposits with dtcs

54,910

All HK$ deposits

260,361

All foreign currency deposits

326,438

Total

586,798

38,521 ( 1.2 %) 136,541 ( 0.5 %) 341,407 ( 4.2 %) 55,432 (-0.9 %) 254,208 ( 2.4 %) 317,693 { 2.8 %) 571,901 ( 2.6 %)

36,799 ( 5.9 %) 125,476 ( 9.3 %) 329,078 (

59,298 245,103 ( 305,549 ( 550,651 (

8.1%) -7.4 %) 6.2 %)

6.8 %) 6.6 %)

.

27,367 ( 42.4 %) 100,013 ( 37.2 %) 260,825 ( 36.4 %) 65,208 (-15.8%) 216,294 (20.4 %) 237,119 (37.7 %) 453,413 (29.4 %)

Loans and advances

To finance H.K.'s visible trade

39,360

To finance merchandising trade

4,482

not touching H.K.

Other loans for use in H. K. Other loans for use outside H.K. Other loans where the place of

293,151

172,400

35,908

use is not known

All loans in HKS

268,729

All loans in foreign currencies Total

276,572

545,300

36,228 ( 8.6 %) 4,558 (-1.7 %)

285,110 ( 2.8 %) 165,597 ( 4.1 %) 32,250 ( 11.3 %)

263,659 ( 1.9 %) 260,084 ( 6.3 %) 523,743 ( 4.1 %)

35,502 (10.9%) 4,595 (-2.5 %)

270,729 ( 8.3 %) 160,694 ( 7.3 %) 29,077 ( 23.5 %)

31,885 ( 23.4 %) 5,657 (-20.8 %)

240,655 ( 21.8%) 155,372 ( 11.0 %)

25,672 ( 39.9 %)

250,226 ( 7.4%) 250,371 (10.5 %) 500,596 ( 8.9 %)

227,254 ( 18.3 %) 231,987 ( 19.2 %) 459,241 (18.7 %)

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