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Money Supply

HI

BRS

M2

T

Foreign currency

Total

HK$*

Foreign currency"

/TABLE 2...................

143

Total

RES*

Foreign currency

Total

Notes and coins in circulation

of which held by public

Total Deposits

TABLE 1 : MONETARY STATISTICS

DECEMBER 1990

Earlier months ( change to December 1990),

(HK+mn)

Dec 1990

Nov 1990

Sep 1990

Dec 1989

91.826 15.683

107.509

539.667

670.383

92.411 ( 13.756 ( 14.0 % 106.167 ( 1.3 %) 530.550 ( 1.7 %) 660.141 ( 1.6 %)

-

1.210.050 571.215 716.213 1.288.028

1.190.692 (

562.414 { 706,245 ( 1.268.650 (

1.6 X1 1.6 1 1.5 %) 1.5 1

43.261 37.693

41.566 36.338 (

4.1 X) 3.7 %)

40.394 ( 35.341 (

87,520 ( 4.9 %) 14,922 ( 5.1 %) 102,442 ( 4.9 %) 533.720 { 1.1 622.579 ( 7.7 %) 1,156,299 ( 4.6 %) 565.557 ( 1.0 %) 669.962 ( 7.0 %) 1.235,619 ( 4.2 X)

7.1 %

7 %)

85,183 ( 7.8 %) 9.675 ( 62.1 ) 94.858 ( 13.3 1 467.109 ( 15.5 %) 521.727 ( 28.5 %) 988.836 ( 22.4 %) 497.498 (14.8 %) 562.709 (274) 1.060.207 ( 21.5 %)

39.670 ( 9.1 31 34.192 ( 10.2

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

HKS deposits!

US$ depositst

Other foreign currency deposits

All deposits

69.815

231.672

853.632

43.784

32.368

520.115

294.913 416,243 1.231.271

67,733

67.633

89,809 ( 0.0 X1 226.240 ( 2.4 %) 840.882 ( 1.6 1 43.505 ( 0.6 %) 33.011 ( 1.9 1 512.981 ( 1.4 %) 289,291 ( 1.9 ) 411.203 ( 1.2 X 1.213.476 ( 1.5 X1

0.1 *)

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293.558 ( 0.4 X) 369.918 ( 12.5 %) 1.181,196 ( 4.2 %)

71.348 −5.1 X)

67.101 ( 4.0 %) 227.356 C 1.9 ) 808,955 ( 5.5 %) 44.069 ( -0.6 %) 33.716 ( -4.0 ) 517.620 ( 0.5 %)

-

60.666 15.1 2.1 193.188 ( 19.9 % 683.802 (24.8 %1

37.399 € 17. 1 32.605 ( -0.7 XT 450.762 (15.4 %) 261.966 ( 12.6 %) 294.929 ( 41.1 %) 1.007.658 ( 22.2 %)

63.122 ( 7.3 1

Foreign currency swap deposits

Total Loans and advances

To finance H.K.'s visible trade

71.087

To finance merchandising trade

not touching H.K.

9.637

Other leans for use in H.K.

689.369

Other loans for use outside H.K.

882.678

Other loans where the place of

135.839

71.336 (-0.3 %) 9.858 (-3.2 %)

658.089 ( 0.5 % 964.710 ( 2.1 X) 134.874 ( 0.7 %)

70,202 ( 1.3 %) 9.430 ( 2.2 %)

659.287 ( 4.6 %) 812.589 ( 8.6 %) 109.899 ( 23.6 %)

63,562 ( 11.8 %) 10.427 (−7.6 %)

584.594 ( 17.9 2) 505.396 (74.7 21 107.920 ( 25.9 %)

use is not known

+

607.019 1.181.591

Loans in HK$

Loans in foreign currencies

Total loans and advances

Adjusted for foreign currency swap deposits

Note:

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

600.278 C 1.1 %) 1.166.588 ( 1.3 %) 1.788.609 1.786.866 ( 1.2 )

582.576 ( 2 % 1,076.831 ( 9.5 % 1.661.40T ( 7.7 %)

525.239 ( 15.6 M) 746.659 ( 58.3 21 1.271.899 ( 10.6 20

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1991