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LOANS AND ADVANCES

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1990

TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS AND

INSTITUTIONS INCREASED BY

6.0

PER

ADVANCES

CENT

EXTENDED BY IN DECEMBER,

AUTHORISED FOLLOWING A

DECLINE OF 4.6 PER CENT IN OCTOBER AND AN INCREASE OF 2.2 PER CENT IN THOSE DENOMINATED IN HONG NOVEMBER. OF THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS, KONG DOLLARS GREW BY 1.4 PER CENT WHILE THOSE DENOMINATED CURRENCIES INCREASED BY 9.6 PER CENT.

IN FOREIGN

GREW BY 0.5 PER

LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG CENT IN DECEMBER, FOLLOWING DECLINES OF 0.8 PER CENT AND 1.1 PER IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER RESPECTIVELY, OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS BY 11.5 PER CENT.

KONG GREW BY

CENT GREW

PER CENT IN 1.1 OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG

CENT IN DECEMBER COMPARED WITH INCREASES OF 0.6 PER CENT AND 2.3 PER OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW 28.1 PER CENT.

SEASONAL

BY

PATTERN OF A STRONG

HONG KONG OUTSIDE

INCREASE INCREASED

PER

THE

CONSISTENT WITH THE

END,

FOR USE LOANS TOWARDS QUARTER SUBSTANTIALLY BY 8.1 PER CENT IN DECEMBER, AFTER A DECLINE OF 9.4 CENT IN OCTOBER AND AN INCREASE OF 2.5 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER. OVER YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 32.5 PER CENT.

NOT TOUCHING HONG KONG

LOANS TO FINANCE MERCHANDISING TRADE RECORDED NO CHANGE IN DECEMBER, AFTER INCREASES OF 0.4

RESPECTIVELY. NOVEMBER 3.6 PER CENT IN OCTOBER AND THESE LOANS DECLINED BY 15.5 PER CENT.

PER CENT AND OVER THE YEAR,

QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES SECTOR

FOR USE IN HONG KONG

BY

EXTENDED то INCREASE

OF GREW

IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989, LOANS AND ADVANCES AFTER AN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR FELL BY 2.8 PER CENT 0.7 PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS BY 18.6 PER CENT.

PER

PER

TRADE DECREASED MARGINALLY LOANS TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BY 0.1 PER CENT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, FOLLOWING A DECLINE OF 4.8 CENT IN THE THIRD QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 4.9 CENT.

LOANS TO FINANCIAL CONCERNS (OTHER THAN BANKS BY 13.7 PER CENT THIS QUARTER, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 10.8 PER

THESE LOANS GREW THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR,

AND DTCS)

ROSE CENT IN

BY

60.6

PER

CENT.

/LOANS TO