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MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1988

MONETARY STATISTICS

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- FEPURARY 1988

Feb 1988

Earlier months

(% change to February 1988)

(HK$M)

Money Supply

M1

HK$

Foreign currency

Jan 1988

Nov 1987

Feb 1987

Total

M2

►

HK$

77,288 711 86,929 328,158

Foreign currency

359.

861

Total

688,019

M3

-

HK$

355,787

Foreign currency Total

388,875

744,662

76.189 ( 1.4 %

9.190 ( 5. 7 85.379 ( 1.9 %) 325,630 ( 0.8 %) 356,252 ( 1.0 % 681.881 ( 0.9 %) 353.608 ( 0.6 %) 385,716 ( 0.8 %) 739.324 ( 0.7 %)

64,890 ( 19.1 %) 9,029 ( 7.6 %) 73,919 (17.7 %) 287,258 (14.2 %) 357,292 ( 0.7 X) 644,550 ( 6.7%) 321,827 ( 10.6 %) 390,992 (−0.5 %) 712,819 ( 4.5 %)

54.473

41.9 %)

5.046 ( 92.4 59,519 46.2 251,490 30.5 294,225 ( 22.3 % 545,714 ( 26.1 %) 282,105 ( 26.1 323.041 605,145

(20.4 %) (23.1 *)

Notes and coins in circulation

of which held by public

33.002

28,716

30.74 { 7.6%) 25.422 ( 13.0 %)

26.672 ( 24.1 %) 23,183 ( 23.9 %)

23.914 ( 38.4 %) 20,998 ( 36.8 %)

Deposits

Demand deposits

Savings deposits

Time deposits with banks

Time deposits with dtes

58,284 190,868 397,721 54,731

HK$ deposits

316,336

US$ deposits

211,167

Other foreign currency deposits All deposits

174,101 701,604

Foreign currency swap deposits

18.014

59,958 (-2.8 %) 195,781 ( -2.5 %) 389,041 ( 2.2 %) 55.454 ( 1.3 %) 318.402 (-0.6%) 209,208 ( 0.9 %) 172,624 ( 0.9 %) 700,234 ( 0.2 %)

15,834 ( 13.8 %)

-

27,876 (-35.4 %)

50,736 14.9 %) 157.472 (21.2 %) 403,426 (−1.4 %) 63,854 (-14.3 %) 290,853 { 8.8 %) 221.357 ( 4.6 %) 163,279 ( 6.6%) 675,488 ( 3.9 %).

-

38,521 ( 51.3 %) 136,541 ( 39.8 %) 341,407 ( 16.5

55,432 (-1.3 %) 254,208 (24.4 %) 202.962 ( 4.0 % 114,730 ( 51.7 %) 571,901 ( 22.7 %)

26,225 (-31.3 %)

Loans and advances

To finance H.K.'s visible trade To finance merchandising trade

44.965

7,847

not touching H.K.

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

use is not known

Loans in HK$

Loans in foreign currencies Total loans and advances

361.572

303, 234

62,515

357.264 ( 310,651 ( 62,120 (

44.224 ( 1.7 %) 6,979 ( 12.4 %)

1.2 %) 2.4 %) 0.6 %)

+

315,058

465,074 780,133

313,247 ( 0.6 %) 467,989 ( 0.5 %) 781,237 ( -0.1 %)

43.645 ( 3.0 %)

6,585

346,768 ( 288,636 { 56,888 (

309,386 ( 1.8 %) 433,136 ( 7.4 X) 742,522 ( 5.1 %)

19.2 %)

4.3 %) 5.1 %) 9.9 %)

36,228 ( 24.1 %) 4,558 (72.2 %)

285,110 ( 26.8 %) 165,597 ( 83.1 %) 32,250 ( 93.8 %)

263,659 ( 19.5 %) 260,084 ( 78.8 %) 523,743 ( 49.0 %)

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