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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1992

DURING OCTOBER, DEPOSITS IN ALL CURRENCIES WITH LICENSED

BANKS

ROSE BY 9.8% WHILE DEPOSITS WITH RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS AND DEPOSIT- TAKING COMPANIES FELL BY 3.8% AND 2.9% RESPECTIVELY.

YEAR-ON-YEAR, DEPOSITS WITH LICENSED BANKS GREW BY 24.9% WHILE DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES

DEPOSITS WITH RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS AND DECLINED BY 13.9% AND 22.7% RESPECTIVELY.

MONEY SUPPLY

HK$M1,

IN

HK$M2 AND HK$M3 INCREASED BY 54.2%, 18.3% AND 17.6% OCTOBER, COMPARED WITH INCREASES OF 16.9%, 2.7% AND 2.7% IN SEPTEMBER.

YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE MONETARY AGGREGATES INCREASED BY 113.3%, 39.4% AND 37.1% RESPECTIVELY.

TOTAL

M1.

M2 AND M3 INCREASED BY 49.7%, 9.4% AND 8.9% RESPECTIVELY IN OCTOBER. THESE COMPARED WITH INCREASES OF 14.5%, 2.2%

2.0% RESPECTIVELY IN SEPTEMBER.

AND

YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE MONETARY AGGREGATES INCREASED BY 99.5%, 24.6% AND 22.5% RESPECTIVELY.

LOANS AND ADVANCES

TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED BY AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS INCREASED BY 3.5% IN OCTOBER, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 2.4%

2.5% IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER RESPECTIVELY.

AND

AMONG THESE LOANS, HONG KONG DOLLAR LOANS INCREASED BY 15.8% YEAR WHILE FOREIGN CURRENCY LOANS DECREASED BY 2.3%. COMPARED WITH A EARLIER, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 34.4% AND 18.7% RESPECTIVELY.

LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG INCREASED BY 0.04% SEPTEMBER OCTOBER, AFTER DECREASES OF 0.1% AND 1.9% IN AUGUST AND RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, SUCH LOANS GREW BY 7.7%.

IN

OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG INCREASED BY 13.7% IN OCTOBER, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 0.9% AND 2.3% IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER RESPECTIVELY, YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 31.7%.

LOANS FOR USE OUTSIDE HONG KONG DECREASED BY 2.5% IN OCTOBER, AFTER INCREASES OF 3.7% AND 3.0% IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. YEAR-ON- YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 21.0%.

LOANS TO FINANCE TRADE NOT TOUCHING HONG KONG INCREASED BY 2.9% OF DURING OCTOBER, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 1.2% IN AUGUST AND A DECREASE 1.8% IN SEPTEMBER. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS DECREASED BY 1.0%.

NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS

THE

159.

NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS REMAINED THE NUMBER OF RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS INCREASED BY ONE WHILE THE NUMBER OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES DECREASED BY ONE TO 147.

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