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MONDAY, MARCH 5,

1990

WITH A

DOLLAR DEPOSITS ADJUSTED TO INCLUDE THESE DEPOSITS, HONG KONG ROSE BY 0.3 PER CENT IN JANUARY AND BY 12.9 PER CENT COMPARED YEAR EARLIER.

HAND,

FOREIGN

CURRENCY

DEPOSITS,

ADJUSTED

TO

IN JANUARY AND

BY

ON THE OTHER EXCLUDE SWAP DEPOSITS, INCREASED BY 3.9 PER CENT 23.8 PER CENT OVER THE YEAR.

CENT IN A DECLINE

DEPOSITS OF ALL CURRENCIES WITH BANKS ROSE BY 2.7 PER JANUARY WHILE THOSE WITH DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES RECORDED OF 3.1 PER CENT. FOR THE YEAR AS A WHOLE, THE FORMER ROSE BY 19.8 CENT WHILE THE LATTER GREW BY 5.5 PER CENT.

PER

MONEY SUPPLY

HK$M1, HK$M2 AND HK$M3 INCREASED BY 8.0 PER CENT, 2.1 PER 1990. THESE COMPARED AND 2.0 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN JANUARY CORRESPONDING RATES OF -0.6 PER CENT, +2.1 PER CENT AND +1.8 PER IN DECEMBER 1989.

CENT

WITH

CENT

AND HK$M3

FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1990, HK$M1, HK$M2 ROSE BY 5.3 PER CENT, 12.1 PER CENT AND 10.4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

ADJUSTED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF SWAP DEPOSITS, HK$M2 CENT COMPARED 1.8 PER CENT IN JANUARY AND BY 15.0 PER EARLIER. HK$M3 INCREASED BY 1.7 PER CENT IN JANUARY AND CENT OVER THE YEAR.

INCREASED BY WITH A YEAR BY 13.3 PER

TOTAL M1, M2 AND M3 ROSE BY 9.2 PER CENT, 3.3 PER CENT AND PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN JANUARY. THEIR CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES DECEMBER WERE 0.3 PER CENT, 2.4 PER CENT AND 2.2 PER CENT.

2.8

IN

OVER THE YEAR, TOTAL M1, M2 AND M3 GREW BY 6.8 PER PER CENT AND 18.6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

CENT, 19.8

LOANS AND ADVANCES

ADVANCES EXTENDED BY AUTHORISED TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS AND

PER CENT IN JANUARY

FOLLOWING 1990, INSTITUTIONS DECLINED BY 0.8

NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER INCREASES OF 2.2 PER CENT AND 6.0 PER CENT IN 1989 RESPECTIVELY.

KONG

IN FOREIGN

OF THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS, THOSE DENOMINATED IN HONG

PER CENT WHILE THOSE DENOMINATED DOLLARS GREW BY 2.6 CURRENCIES DECREASED BY 3.2 PER CENT.

/LOANS TO