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MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1992

TABLE 1: MONETARY STATISTICS - JANUARY 1992

Jan 1992

Dec 1991

Earlier months (* change to Jan 1992)

Od 1991

Jan 1991

(HKSma)

Money Supply

MI - HKS

125,705

Foreign currency Total

15,619

141,324

111,769 (12.5) 16,728 (-6.6) 128,497 ( 10.0)

108,142 (16.2 )

97,062 (29.5 )

15,964 (-2.2 )

13,880 ( 12.5 }

124,106 (13,9 )

110,942 ( 27.4 )

M2 - HK$*

640,258

636,042 (

0.7)

611,155 (

4.8)

552,058 ( 16.0 )

Foreign currency*

747,115

734,948 (

1.7 }

706,650 (

5.7)

684,895 ( 9.1 )

Toul

1,387,374

1,370,990 (

1.2 }

1,317,804 (

5.3)

1,236,952 ( 12.2 )

M3 - HK$*

663,344

660,117 (

0.5)

636,798 (

4.2 )

582,345 (13.9 )

Foreign currency

787,943

Toul

1,451,287

777,225 ( 1,437,342 ( 1.0 }

1,4 )

748,809 ( 1,385,607 (

5.2) 4.7)

730,851 ( 7.8.) 1,313,195 ( 10.5 )

Notes and coins in circulation

61,738

of which held by publis

52,909

49.177 [25.5 ) 42,608 (24.2 }

46,097 ( 33.9 ) 40,082 ( 32.0)

45,802 (~34.8.) 38,070 ( 39.0 )

Total Deposits

Toul Demand deposits

85,414

Total Savings deposits

310,750

85,889 (

2.9) 314,052 (-LI}

Toul Time deposits with licensed banks

911,439

911,491 ( 0.1)

84,024 (

5.2) 291,009 ( 6.8) 886,557 (

3.6)

72,871 (21.3 }

242,123 (28.3) 866,072

6.0 )

Total Time deposits with restricted licence banke

37,961

39,627 ( 4.2 )

39,693 (

4.4 )

43,069 ( -11.9 )

Total Time deposits with deposit-taking companies

22,750

23,547 (-3.4)

24,816

-8.3)

HK$ deposits*

597,130

604,162 (-1.2)

$83,035 (

2.4)

US$ deposits

314,617

311,422 ( 1.0 )

301,948 (

4.2 )

304,014 (

31,417 ( -27.6 )

530,884 ( 12.5 }

3.5 )

Other foreign currency deposits

466,567

All deposits

1,378,315

459,023 ( 1,374,606 (

1.6) 0.3)

441,115 ( 1,326,099 ( 3.9)

5.8)

420,655 ( 10.9 ) 1,255,553 (

9.8)

Foreign currency swap deposits

41,946

40,235 (

4.3 )

41,893 (0.1 )

65,278 (-35.7 }

Total Loans and advances

To finance H.K.% visible trade

83,623

To finance merchandising trade not touching H.K.

!1,678

Other loans for use in H.K.

830,865

Other loans for use outside H.K.

1,308,063

Other loans where the place of use is not known

40,572

Loans in HKS

736,501

Loans in foreign currencies

Total loans and advances

1,538,300 2,274,801

$2,637 (

1.2 ) 12,384 (-5.7) 816,767 { 1.7) 1,293,387 ( 1.) } 38,598 ( 5.1 } 723,832 (

1.8) 1,519,940 ( 1.2) 2,243,773 ( 1.4)

82,805 ( 11,569 ( 787,995 ( 1,185,737 ( 10.3 )

39,046 ( 697,195 ( 1,409,958 ( 2,107,153 (

1.0 ) 0.9 ) 5.4)

73,287 ( 14.1 }

9,265 (26.0 } 698,148 ( 19.0)

923,020 ( 41.7 }

3.9 )

138,028 (-70.6 )

5.6)

616,665 (19.4 )

9.1)

1,225,082 ( 25.6)

8.0)

1,841,747 ( 23.5 }

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