XN000022-1991-06-10 — Page 2

MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1991

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MONETARY STATISTICS FOR APRIL PUBLISHED

AUTHORISED

INSTITUTIONS ΤΟ STATISTICS PUBLISHED BY THE

HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS WITH INCREASED DURING APRIL,

ACCORDING MONETARY AFFAIRS BRANCH TODAY (MONDAY).

CONSISTENT

SUPPLY

WITH

ON ALL THIS, HONG KONG DOLLAR MONEY ROSE DURING THE DEFINITIONS

MONTH. HONG KONG DOLLAR LOANS AND ADVANCES ALSO RECORDED AN INCREASE IN APRIL.

DRPOSITS

HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS WITH AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS, APRIL, IN ΤΟ

DEPOSITS, INCREASED BY INCLUDE SWAP DECREASES OF 0.6% AND 0.8% IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH

1.2%

ADJUSTED FOLLOWING RESPECTIVELY.

OF THESE DEPOSITS, DEMAND DEPOSITS AND SAVINGS DEPOSITS INCREASED BY 10.5% AND 3.7% RESPECTIVELY WHILE TIME DEPOSITS DECREASED BY 1.7% IN APRIL,

COMPARED WITH A YEAR AGO, TOTAL HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS

GREW

BY 14.5%.

BY FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS WITH AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS ROSE 0.6% IN APRIL, AFTER A DECREASE OF 0.4% IN FEBRUARY AND AN INCREASE OF 1.5% IN MARCH.

AMONG THESE DEPOSITS, U.S. DOLLAR DEPOSITS AND NON-U.S. DEPOSITS ROSE BY 0.4% AND 0.7% RESPECTIVELY IN APRIL.

DOLLAR

OVER THE YEAR, TOTAL FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS

INCREASED BY

21.9%.

LICENSED BANKS

DURING APRIL, DEPOSITS OF ALL CURRENCIES WITH ROSE BY 1.3% WHILE DEPOSITS WITH RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS AND DEPOSIT- TAKING COMPANIES FELL BY 6.8% AND 4.2% RESPECTIVELY.

WITH

WITH

LICENSED

A YEAR EARLIER, DEPOSITS COMPARED

LICENCE BANKS INCREASED BY 20.6% WHILE THOSE WITH RESTRICTED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES FELL BY 1 1.5% AND 13.7% RESPECTIVELY.

BANKS

AND

MONEY SUPPLY

HK$M1,

HK$M2

AND

HK$M3 INCREASED BY

4.2%,

0.9% AND

0.8%

6.0%,

RESPECTIVELY IN APRIL, COMPARED WITH CORRESPONDING DECLINES OF 1.2% AND 1.1% IN MARCH.

OVER THE YEAR, THESE MONETARY AGGREGATES ROSE BY 18.0%. AND 14.1% RESPECTIVELY.

15.6%

APRIL.

TOTAL M1, M2 AND M3 ROSE BY 4.2%, 1.0% AND 0.8% RESPECTIVELY IN THEIR CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES IN MARCH WERE -7.7%, 0.1% AND

0.3%.

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