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Mar 1988

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MONETARY STATISTICS MARCH 1988

SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1988

Earlier months

(* change to March 1988)

(HK$m)

Money Supply

Feb 1988

Dec 1987

Mar 1987

-

Mi HK$

73.024

77.288 (-5.5 %)

Foreign currency

7.740

Total

80.764

MA

-

HK$

323,120

Foreign currency

371,776

9.711 (-20,3 %) 86.999 { -7.2 %) 326.158 ( 1.5 %) 359.861 ( 3.3 %)

81,902 ( 310.910 (

566.132 1

Total

694,899

688,019 ( 1.0 %

M3

-

HKD

L

355,787 (

1.

2

Foreign currency

400.436

Total

752.818

388.875 ( 744,662 (

3.2 %% 1 .1 %

3.9 1.5 % 677.042 ( 2.6 %) 342.847 [ 2.5 *) 400,506 ( 0.2 X} 743,353 ( 1.3 %)

Notes and coins in circulation

of which held by public

32.253

28.642

33.092 ( 2.5 %) 28,716 (−0.3 %)

28.766 ( 12.1 %) 24.764 ( 15.7 %)

73.826 ( -1.1 X) 8,076 ( -4.2 %) -1.4%)

—

54.193 ( 34.7 %

5,190 (49.1 *) 59.383 ( 36.0 257.310 ( 25.6 Y 303,553 ( 22.5 %) 560,863 ( 23.9 287.802 ( 22.1 331,799 ( 21.0 11 619.601 ( 21.5 我

23.411 (37.8 %) 20,410 ( 40.3

Deposits

Demand deposits

Savings deposits

Time deposits with banks

Time deposits with dtcs

HKS deposits

521

122 181,924 419,327 55,950 311,697

US$ deposits

217,406

Other foreign currency deposits All deposits

180,219

709.322

58,284 (-10.6 %) 190,868 ( -4.7 %) 397,721 ( 5.4 X) 54.731 ( 2.2 %) 316,336 ( -1.5 %) 211.167 ( 3.0 X) 174,101 { 3.5 %) 701,604 ( 1.1 %)

Foreign currency swap deposits

22.921

18.014 ( 27.2 %)

57,138 (-8.8 %) 181,109 ( 0.5 %) 403,439 ( 3.9 %) 61.924 (−9.6 %) 309,543 { 0.7 %) 222,603 (−2.3 %) 171,464 ( 5.1 %) 703,609 ( 0.8 %)

21.151 ( 8.4 %)

38,974 ( 30.7 M) 137.204 ( 32.6 %) 355,711 17.9 %)

54.910 ( 1.9 %) 260,361 ( 19.7 %) 205,524 ( 5.8 %) 120,914 ( 49.0 %) 586,798 ( 20.9 %)

28,340 (-19.1

Loans and advances

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

not touching H.K.

45.505

5,210

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

364,510

309.568

58.729

use is not known

Loans in HK$

318,875

Loans in foreign currencies Total loans and advances

464.648

763.523

44.965 ( 1.2 %) 7,847 (-33.6 %)

361.572 ( 0.8 %) 303,234 ( 2.1 X) 62,515 -6.1 %)

315,058 ( 1.2 X) 465,074 -0.1 %) 780.133 ( 0.4 %)

7,002 (-25.6 %)

352,685 ( 3.4 %) 312,530 −0.9 %) 62.308 (−5.7 %)

309.345 ( 3.1 %) 469,436 ( 1.0 %) 778.781 ( 0.6 %)

44.255 ( 2.8 %)

39,360 ( 15.6 %) 4.482 (16.2 %)

293,151 24.3 %) 172,400 ( 79.6 %) 35,908 (63.6 %)

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268,729 ( 18.7 %) 276,572 ( 68.0 %) $45,300 (43.7 %)

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