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Honey Supply

Foreign currency

M1

HK$

Total

H2

HKS*

Foreign currency:

Total

M3

-

HK$*

Foreign currency*

Total

Notes and coins in circulation

of which held by public

Total Deposits

FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1990

TABLE 1:

HONETARY STATISTICS MARCH 1990

(BK Bon)

Mar 1990

Earlier months (% change to March 1990)

Feb 1990

Dec 1989

Mar 1989

82,848 9.739 92,587 473.225 561.833 1.035,058 504,209 605,534 1,109,743

84.842 ( 2.4 %) 11,598 (-16.0 %) 96,441 471,636 560,272 1,031,908 ( 0.3 %) 502,477 { 0.3 %) 600,156 ( 0.9 X) 1,102,633 ( 0.6 %)

4.0

0.3 XX 0.3.X)

85,183 ( 2.7 X) 9,675 ( 0.7 %} 94.858 -2.4 X) 467,109 ( 1.3 %) $21,727 ( 7.7 X) 988,836 ( 4.7 X 497,498 ( 1.3 X 562,709 ( 7.6 %) 1,060,207 { 4.7 %)

80,623 ( 2.8 %) 8,734 ( 11.5 %) 89,357 ( 3.6 %) 417,879 ( 13.2 X) 451.976 ( 24.3 %) 869,855 ( 19.0 %) 452,806 ( 11.4 %) 486,796 ( 24.4 %) 939,603 ( 18.1 %)

39,968 34,861

40.537 (-1.4 %) 35,598 ( 2.1 X)

39,670 ( 34,192 (

0.8 %) 2.0 X)

35,766 ( 11.7 %) 31,005 (12.4 %)

Total Demand deposits

Total Savings deposits

Total Time deposits with licensed banks

Total Time deposits with restricted licence banks

Total Time deposits with deposit-taking companies

HK$ deposits*

USS deposita*

Other foreign currency deposits

All deposits

Foreign currency swap deposits

57.727

190,273

735,871

40,589

32,669

457,202

261,840 338,085

1,057,128

80,843 ( 192,478 (−1.1 %) 726,387 ( 1.3 X} 36,871 ( 10.1 %) 32.419 ( 0.8 %) 454.645 ( 0.5 %) 261,143 ( 0.3 X) 333.209 ( 1.5 %) 1,048,997 ( 0.8 %)

-

63,529

61,734 ( 2.9

50,666 ( -4.8 %) 193,186 ( 1.5 %) 683,803 ( 7.6 %) 37.399 ( 8.5 %) 32.605 ( 0.2 X) 450,762 ( 1.4 X) 261,965 ( 0.0 %) 294.929 ( 14.6 X) 1,007,658 ( 4.9 X)

63,122 ( 0.6 %)

-

58,352 (−1.1 %) 183,008 ( 18.7 %) 600,581 ( 22.5 %) 28,760 ( 41.1 %) 38,928 (-16.1 %) 409,405 ( 11.7 %) 228,362 ( 14.7 %) 251,861 ( 34.2 %) 899,628 ( 18.8 %)

51,301 ( 23.8 %)

Total Loans and advances

To finance H.K.'s visible trade

63,704

To finance merchandising trade

not touching H.K.

9.080

Other loans for use in H.K.

618.547

Other loans for use outside R.K.

561,917

Other loans where the place of

90,589

64,089 (-0.6 %) 8,126 ( 11.7 %)

806,896 ( 1.9 X) 569,594 (−1.3 %) 101,382 (-10.6 %)

use is not known

Loans in HKS

Total loans and advances

556,436

Loans in foreign currencies

787,401 1,343,837

547,319 ( 1.7 ) 802,758 ( 1.9 ) 1,350,077 (-0.5 %)

63,562 ( 0.2 %) 10,427 (-12.9 %)

584,594 ( 5.8 %) 505,396 11.2 x) 107,920 (-16.1 %)

525,239 ( 5.9 X) 746,659 ( 5.5 %) 1,271,899 ( 5.7 X)

58,199 ( 9.5 %) 11,885 (-23.6 %)

508,748 ( 21.6 X) 431,204 ( 30.3 %)

77,703 16.6 X)

459,563 ( 21.1 %) 628,176 ( 25.9 X) 1.087.739 ( 29.5 %)

*

Adjusted for foreign currency swap deposits

Note:

'Restricted licence banks' and 'deposit-taking companies' were known as licensed deposit-taking companies' and 'registered deposit-taking companies' respectively before 1 February 1990.

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