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TABLE 1: MONETARY STATISTICS - MAY 1991

(HK$mn)

May 1991

Apr 1991

Earlier months (% change to May 1991)

Feb 1991

May 1990

Money Supply

MI - HKS

93,813

98,123 (4.4 )

Foreign currency

[3,834

14.234 (-2.8)

Total

107,647

112,357 (4.2)

190,167 (-6.3 ) 16,723 (-17.3) 116,889 (-7.9 )

M2 - HK$*

553,090

552,407 (0.1)

Foreign currency*

698,951

Total

1,252,041

700,313 (-0.2) 1,252,720 (-0.1)

554,099 (-0.2) 684,084 ( 2.2 ) 1,238,183 (

82,103 (14.3) 10,823 (27.8 } 92,926 ( 15.8)

488,269 ( 13.3 ) 571,225 (22.4) 1,059,495 ( 18.2 )

M3 - HK$+

581,080

581,035 (0.0)

Foreign currency*

738,211

743,835 (-0.8)

Total

1,319,291

1,324,869 (-0.4)

582,632 (-0.3) 728,194 ( 1,310,826 (

1.4 } 0.6)

520,003 ( 11.7 ) 615,721 (19.9 ) 1,135,724 (16.2)

Notes and coins in circulation

43,806

of which held by public

37,655

43,606 (0.5 ) 37.954 (0.8)

47,559 ( 7.9 j 41,739 (-9.8 }

38,901 (12.8 1 33,664 (1.9)

Total Deposita

Total Demand deposits

69,992

Total Savings deposits

240,794

Total Time deposits with licensed banks

886,240

74,403 (-5.9 } 239,595 (0.5) 883,742 (0.3 )

75,151 ( -6.9 246,640 ( -2.4) 857,197 (

59,261 ( 18.1) 189,748 ( 26.9 )

3.4 )

759,273 (16.7)

Total Time deposits with restricted licence banks

38,095

40,350 (-5.6 )

40,672 (

-6.3 )

40,183 (5.2)

Total Time deposits with deposit-taking companies

27,597

28.717 -3.9 )

30,335 (

-9.0 )

34,568 (-20.2 }

HK$ deposits+

530,167

530,077 (0.0)

US$ deposits*

292,760

Other foreign currency deposits*

439,789

All deposits

1,262,717

297,902 (-1.7) 438,829 (0.2) 1,266,807 (-0.3)

$27,925 (

0.4 ) 293,976 (-0.4 ) 428,094 ( 2.7 ) 1,249,995 (

1.0)

473,481 ( 12.0) 266,840 (

9.7 ) 342,713 ( 28.3 ) 1,083,034 (16.6)

Foreign currency swap deposits

55,922

57,680 (-3.0)

59,744 (6.4)

68,578 (-18.5)

Total Loans and advances

To finance H.K.'s visible trade

77,387

74,764 ( 3.5 }

To finance merchandising trade not touching H.K.

9,938

8,254 (20.3)

Other loans for use in H.K.

736,512

729,807 (0.9)

Other loans for use outside H.K.

1,024,252

Other loans where the place of use is not known

48,421

999,793 (2.4) 50,841 (4.8)

Loans in HKS

658,395

Loans in foreign currencies

1,238,116

Total loans and advances

1,896,511

648,518 (1.5) 1,214,950 (1.9)

1,863,468 ( 18 )

73,604 ( 5.1 1 8,513 (16.7) 706,401 ( 4.3 ) 942,529 ( 127,353 (-62.0)

623,255 { 1,235,145 (

1,858,400 (

65,152 ( 18.8)

8.7 )

9,672 ( 2.8 ) 635,100 (16.0 } 633,982 (61.6)

98,009 ( -50.6-).

5.6 ) 0.2)

571,007 (15.3 )

870,908 ( 42.2 }

2.1 )

1,441,915 ( 31.5)

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Adjusted for foreign currency swap deposits. Starting from April 1991, swap deposits can further be broken down into US dollar and non-US$ 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 I February 1990.

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