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FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1992

TABLE 1: MONETARY STATISTICS - APRIL 1992

Apr 1992

Mar 1992

Earlier months (% change to Apr 1992)

Jan 1992

Apr 1991

(HK$mn)

Money Supply

MI - HKS

116,907

115,642 (

1.1)

Foreign currency

15,072

[4,139 (

6.6 )

125,705 (-7.0 ) 15,619 (-3.5)

98,123 (19.1 )

14,234 ( 5.9 )

Total

131,979

129,781 (

1.7 )

141,324 (-6.6)

112,357 ( 17.5 )

M2 - HK$

650,471

638,577 (

1.9 )

640,258 ( 1.6)

552,407 ( 17.8 )

Foreign currency

745,938

740,630 (

0.7 )

Total

1,396,409

1,379,207 (

1.2 )

M3 - HK$*

673,263

661,380 (

1.8 )

Foreign currency"

783,058

778,939 (

0.5)

Total

1,456,321

1,440,319 (

1.1 }

747,115 (0.2) 1,387,374 ( 0.7)

663,344 (

1.5) 787,943 (-0.6) 1,451,287 ( 0.3 )

700,313 (

6.5)

1,252,720 (11.5)

581,035 (15.9) 743,835 ( 5.3 )

1,324,869 (

9.9 )

Notes and coins in circulation

51,630

51,024 (

1.2 )

of which held by public

44,706

44,341 (

0.8)

61,738 (-16.4 ) 52,909 -15.5)

43,606 ( 18.4 )

37,954 ( 17.8 )

Total Deposits

Total Demand deposits

87,272

85,440 (

2.1 )

Total Savings deposits

312,730

309,466 (

1.1)

Total Time deposits with licensed banks

935,672

924,103 (

1.3)

88,414 ( 310,750 ( 918,439 (

-1.3 )

74,403 ( 17.3 )

0.6 ) 1.9 )

239,595 ( 30.5 ) 883,742 (

5.9 )

Total Time deposits with restricted licence banks

36,422

37,185 (-2.1 }

37,961 ( 41 )

40,350 ( -9.7)

Total Time deposits with deposit-taking companies

21,290

21,866 ( -2.6)

22,750 (-6.4 )

28,717 -25.9)

HK$ deposits*

615,135

603,765 (

1.9 )

597,130 (

3.0)

530,077 ( 16.0 )

US$ deposits*

316,439

314,182

0.7 )

314,617 (

0.6)

297,902 (

6.2 )

Other foreign currency deposits"

461,812

All deposits

1,393,386

460,113 ( 1,378,061 ( 1.1 )

0.4 )

466,567 (-1.0 }

438,829 (

5.2)

1,378,315 ( 1.1 }

1,266,807 ( 10.0)

Foreign currency swap deposits

44,536

44,275 (0.6)

41,946 (

6.2)

57,680 (-22.8)

Total Loans and advances

To finance H.K.'s visible trade

85,558

82,457 (

3.8 )

To finance merchandising trade not touching H.K.

14,159

13,211 (

7.2 )

Other loans for use in H.K.

851,597

844,262 {

0.9 )

Other loans for use outside H.K.

1,282,065

1,277,847 (

0.3)

Other loans where the place of use is not known

38,529

37,811 (

1.9)

Loans in HKS

759,684

Loans in foreign currencies

Total loans and advances

1,512,224 2,271,908

751,240 ( 1,504,348 ( 2,255,588 (

1.1 } 0.5 ) 0.7)

83,623 (

2.3 ) 11,678 (21.2) 830,865 (

2.5) 1,308,063 ( -2.0) 40,572 ( 5.0 ) 736,501 ( 3.1 ) 1,538,300 (-1.7) 2,274,801 (-0.1)

74,764 ( 14.4 )

8,264 ( 71.3) 729,807 (16.7) 999,793 ( 28.2) 50,841 (-24.2 ) 648,518 ( 17.1 ) 1,214,950 (24.5) 1,863,468 ( 21.9)

• Adjusted for foreign currency swep 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 1 February 1990.

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