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Apr 1988

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TABLE 1 : MONETARY STATISTICS APRIL 1986

Earlier months

(* change to April 1988)

(HKSmn)

Honey Supply

Mar 1988

Jan 1988

Apr 1987

-

H1 BKS

72.717

73.024 ( -0.4 %)

Foreign currency

8.202

Total

80.918

M2

+

BKS

327.333

Foreign currency

302.534

Total

709.867

M3

- HK$

357.019

Foreign currency Total

412,587

769,606

7.740 ( 6.0 %) 80.764 ( 0.2 %) 1.3 X) 323,122 t 371.776 ( 2.

.BX) 694.899 ( 2.2 *) 1.6 X) 351.388 ( 401.430 ( 2.8 %) 752,818 ( 2.2 1

Notes and coins in circulation

30.642

of which held by public

27.164

32,253 (−5.0 %) 28.642 (−5.2 %)

76.189 (-4,6 %) 9.190 (-10.6 %) 85,379 (−6.2 %) 325,630 0.5 21 356.252 ( 7.4 %) 681.881 C 4.1 ) 353.608 ( 1.0 %) 385,716 ( 7.0 X) 739.324 ( 4.1 X)

30.748 ( -0.3 %) 25.422 ( 6.

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55.319 (31.5 %) 6.293 ( 30.3 %) 61.612 ( 31.3 X) 259,603 ( 26.1 %) 314,984 ( 21.4 X) 574.587 ( 23.5 X 290.150 ( 23.0 X) 343.964 ( 20.0 %) 634,115 ( 21.4 X)

23,739 ( 29.1 %) 20,705 (31.2 %)

Deposits

Demand deposits

Savings deposits

$3.754

182.903

Time deposits with banks

439.166

Time deposits with dtes

57,714

HKS deposits

318.355

US$ deposits

202.560

Other foreign currency deposits All deposits

186.622

727,537

Foreign currency swap deposits

25,378

$2,122 ( 3.1 181,924 0.5 %)

9.3 419.327 (

9.2 55.950 ( 311,697 ( 2.1 X

2.4 %) 217,406 ( 180,218 ( 3.6 %) 709,322 ( 2.6 %)

22.921 ( 10.7 %)

58.958 (-10.3 %) 195,781 ( -6.6 X1 389.041 ( 11.3 X) 55.454 ( 4.1 %) 318,402 ( 0.0 %) 209.208 t 6.4 X) 172,624 ( 8.1 %) 700,234 ( 3.8 X)

15.834 ( 60.3 %)

40.907 (31.4 ) 140.858 ( 29.8 X) 363.340 ( 19.2 X)

55,681 ( 3.7 X) 262.167 ( 21.4 X) 208.978 ( 6.5 %) 128.640 ( 44.0 %) 600,785 ( 21.1 X)

29,421 (-13.7 %)

Loans and advances

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

not touching H.K.

45.734

5,467

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

use is not known

377,107

324.582 60.762

Loans in HK$

329.175

Loans in foreign currencies Total loans and advances

484.476

813.651

364,510 ( 309,568 ( 58.728 (

3.2 318,875 ( 464,648 ( 4.3 X) 783,523 ( 3.8 X)

45,505 ( 0.5 %

5.210 ( 4.9 %)

3.5 ) 4.8 %) 3.5 X)

44.224 ( 3.4 %) 6.979 (-21.7 %)

357,264 ( 5.6 X) 310.651 ( 4.5 %) -2.2 %) 62.120 (

313.247 ( 467.989 ( 781.237 (

39.515 ( 15.7 %) 4.563 (19.8 X)

302.643 (24.6 %) 177,205 83.2 ) 34,065 (78.4 %)

6.1 %) 3.5 %) 4.1 %)

277,950 ( 18.4 %) 280.042 ( 73.0 %) 557.992 ( 45.8 %)

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