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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 1991

AND

RESPECTIVELY

COMPARED WITH A YEAR EARLIER, DEPOSITS WITH LICENSED BANKS

AND BANKS INCREASED BY 15.0%

5.3% RESTRICTED LICENCE

WHILE DEPOSITS WITH DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES FELL BY 20.9%.

MONEY SUPPLY

HK$M1, HK$M2

HK$M3 AND

WITH

INCREASED BY

CORRESPONDING

7.2%, 1.8% GROWTH

AND

1.6%

RATES

OF

RESPECTIVELY IN JULY, COMPARED -0.8%, 2.1% AND 2.1% IN JUNE.

OVER THE YEAR, THESE MONETARY AGGREGATES ROSE BY 17.4%,

11.0%

AND 9.5% RESPECTIVELY.

M1. TOTAL

RESPECTIVELY

M2 AND M3 INCREASED

0.2% AND BY 5.1%, IN JULY. THEIR CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES IN JUNE

0.3%

WERE

0.7%, 0.6% AND 0.7%.

OVER THE YEAR, TOTAL M1, M2 AND M3 GREW BY 18.5%,

13.3% RESPECTIVELY.

LOANS AND ADVANCES

14.5% AND

TOTAL

BY

LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED OUTSTANDING INSTITUTIONS INCREASED BY 2.0% IN JULY, AFTER INCREASES OF

IN MAY AND JUNE RESPECTIVELY.

0.8%

AUTHORISED 1.8% AND

KONO 1.0% AND

OF THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS, THOSE DENOMINATED IN HONG DOLLARS AND THOSE DENOMINATED IN FOREIGN CURRENCY GREW BY 2.5% RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 16.4% AND 39.1%

RESPECTIVELY.

LOANS TO FINANCE EXTERNAL TRADE OF HONG KONG GREW BY

INCREASES OF

3.8% IN 3.5% AND FOLLOWING

MAY RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 22.4%.

JULY,

OTHER LOANS

FOR

USE

IN HONG KONG CREW

BY

2.0% IN AND JUNK

1.5%

IN JULY,

FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 0.9% AND 1.3% RESPECTIVELY IN THE PRECEDING TWO MONTHS. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 16.9%.

LOANS

AFTER OVER THE

FOR USR OUTSIDE HONG KONG ROSE BY 2.9% IN JULY, INCREASES OF 2.4% AND 0.5% IN MAY AND JUNE RESPECTIVELY. YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 59.6%.

NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS

DEPOSIT-TAKING THAT OF RESTRICTED

NUMBER THE

COMPANIES BOTH

OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS AND DECREASED BY THREE TO 163 WHILE LICENCE BANKS INCREASED BY ONE TO 48.

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