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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1992

UNDER THE SAVINGS DEPOSITS YEAR-ON- 0.4%.

AMONG THESE DEPOSITS, DEMAND DEPOSITS GREW BY 26.4%, INFLUENCE OF A NUMBER OF SHARE FLOTATION EXERCISES. DECREASED BY 1.5% WHILE TIME DEPOSITS INCREASED BY YEAR, TOTAL HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS REGISTERED AN INCREASE OF 17.1%.

FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS WITH AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS INCREASED BY 1.5% IN SEPTEMBER, AFTER A DECREASE OF 0.6% IN JULY AN INCREASE OF 1.3% IN AUGUST.

AND

TOTAL

OF THESE DEPOSITS, U.S. DOLLAR DEPOSITS INCREASED BY 5.8% WHILE NON-U.S.

YEAR-ON-YEAR, DOLLAR DEPOSITS DECREASED BY 1.8%. FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS INCREASED BY 11.0%.

WITH

LICENSED BANKS AND

DURING

DEPOSITS OF ALL CURRENCIES SEPTEMBER, BANKS GREW BY 2.3% WHILE DEPOSITS WITH RESTRICTED LICENCE DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES DROPPED BY 3.0% AND 1.7% RESPECTIVELY.

YEAR-ON-YEAR, DEPOSITS WITH LICENSED BANKS GREW BY 15.3% DEPOSITS WITH RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS AND DECLINED BY 12.0% AND 23.0% RESPECTIVELY.

DEPOSIT-TAKING

WHILE COMPANIES

MONEY SUPPLY

HK$M1,

2.7%

AND

2.7% HK$M2 AND

16.9%, HK$M3 INCREASED BY RESPECTIVELY IN SEPTEMBER. THEIR CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES IN AUGUST WERE -3.2%, 1.1% AND 1.1% RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE AGGREGATES INCREASED BY 37.8%, 18.5% AND 17.0% RESPECTIVELY.

MONETARY

AND 2.2%

2.0% IN M2 TOTAL M1,

AND M3 INCREASED BY 14.5%,

IN AUGUST SEPTEMBER RESPECTIVELY. THEIR CORRESPONDING GROWTH RATES

YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE MONETARY WERE -2.7%, 1.2% AND 1.2% RESPECTIVELY. AGGREGATES GREW BY 31.5%, 15.3% AND 13.7% RESPECTIVELY.

LOANS AND ADVANCES

TOTAL

INSTITUTIONS

BY

AUTHORISED

INCREASES

OF

LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED OUTSTANDING

BY 2.5% IN SEPTEMBER FOLLOWING INCREASED 1.0% AND 2.4% IN JULY AND AUGUST RESPECTIVELY.

KONG

IN HONG FOREIGN

AMONG THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS, THOSE DENOMINATED

IN DENOMINATED BY 2.1% WHILE THOSE DOLLAR INCREASED CURRENCY INCREASED BY 2.7%. COMPARED WITH A YEAR EARLIER, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 17.1% AND 27.4% RESPECTIVELY.

1.9%

LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG DECREASED BY IN SEPTEMBER, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 0.9% IN JULY AND A DECREASE OF 0. IN AUGUST. YEAR-ON-YEAR, SUCH LOANS GREW BY 8.4%.

FOR

1%

BY

2.3% IN AND AUGUST

OTHER LOANS

USE IN HONG KONG INCREASED SEPTEMBER, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 0.6% AND 0.9% IN JULY RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 16.7%.

LOANS FOR USE OUTSIDE HONG KONG INCREASED BY 3.0% IN SEPTEMBER, AUGUST. YEAR-ON-YEAR, INCREASES OF 1.5% AND 3.7% IN JULY AND THESE LOANS GREW BY 31.4%.

AFTER

/LOANS TO