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TABLE 1: MONETARY STATISTICS

FEBRUARY 1992

Feb 1992

Jan 1992

Earlier mouths (% change to Feb 1992)

Nov 1991

Feb 1991

(HK$mn)

Money Supply

MI - HKS

[12,491

125.705 (-10.5)

Foreign currency Total

16,074

15.619 ( 2.9 )

128,565

141,324 ( -9.0 )

109,822 (

16,488 ( -2.5) 126,309 ( 1.8)

2.4)

M2 - HKS*

633.684

640,258 (-1.0 )

625,891 (

1,2 )

Foreign currency*

748,230

747,115 ( 0.1)

710,842 (

5.3)

Total

1,381,913

1,387,374 (-0.4)

1,336,733 (

3.4)

100,167 ( 12.3 ) 16,723 (-3.9 ) 116,889 (10.0) 554,099 ( 144 ) 684,084 ( 9.4 ) 1,238,183 (15.6)

M3. HK$*

656,528

Foreign currency"

789,571

Total

1,446,099

663,344 (-1.0) 787,943 ( 0.2) 1,451,287 (-0.4)

651,596 (

0.8)

753,714 ( 1,405,310 (

4.8) 2.9)

728,194 ( 1,310,826 ( 10.3)

582,632 ( 12.7 ) 8.4 )

Notes and coins in circulation

53.150

of which held by public

46,430

61,738 (-13.9 } 52,909 (-12.2 )

47,512 (11.9-)

41,355 (12.3)

47,559 ( 118 ) 41,739 (IL2 }

Total Deposits

82.135

Total Demand deposits

316,471

Toul Savings deposits

Total Time deposits with licensed banka

919,744

Total Time deposits with restricted licence banks

38,664

310,750 ( 918,439 ( 37,961 (

88,414 (-7.1 ) 1.8) 0.1 )

1.9 )

84,955 (-3.3) 307,303 ( 887,089 (

41,068 (-5.9 )

3.0 ) 3.7)

75,151 ( 246,640 ( 28.3 }

9.3)

857,197 (

7.3)

40,672 (4.9 }

Total Time deposits with deposit-taking companies

22.372

22.750 (-1.7 )

24.331 (-3.1 }

30,335

-26.3)

HKS deposits*

596,800

597,130 (-0.1)

596,751 {

0.0)

527.925 ( 13.0 )

US$ deposits*

316,976

314,617 ( 0.7 )

302,712 (

4.7)

293.976 ( 7.8)

Other foreign currency deposits*

465,610

1,379,386

466,567 (-0.2) 0.1 ) 1,378,315 (

445,283 (

4.6)

428,094 (

8.8)

1,344,746 (

2.6 )

1,249,995 ( 10.4)

All deposits

Foreign currency swap deposits

40,067

41,946 ( 45 )

38,957 (

2.8)

59,744 (-32.9 )

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Total Loans and advances

To finance H.K.'s visible.trade

81,632

To finance merchandising trade not touching H.K.

11,926

Other loans for use in H.K.

832,311

Other loans for use outside H.K.

1,301,457

Other loans where the place of use is not known

38,036

Loans in HKS

739,186

Loans in foreign currencies

1,526,177

Total loans and advanceS

2,265,362

83,623 ( -2.4 ) 11,678 ( 2.1) 830,865 (

0.2 ) 1,308,063 (0.5) 40,572 ( -6.3 } 736,501 ( 0.4) 1,538,300 (-0.8) 2,274,801 (-0.4)

82,837 { 10,885 ( 803,683 ( 1,231,048 (

39,696 (4.2 } 711,178 ( 1,456,971 ( 2.168.149 (

-1.5 } 9.6 )

73,604 ( 10.9 )

3.6)

8,513 (40.1 } 706,401 ( 17.8 )

5.7 )

942,529 (33.1)

127,353 (-70.1)

3.9) 4.7 )

623,255 ( 18.6 ) 1,235,145 (23.6)

4.5)

1,358,400 ( 21.9)

• 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 banka" and "deposit-taking companies" were known as "Ticensed deposit-taking companies' and 'registered deposit-taking

companies' respectively before I February 1990.

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