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TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1993

TABLE 1: MONETARY STATISTICS - JANUARY 1993

Jan 1993

Dec 1992

Earlier months (% change to Jan 1993)

Oct 1992

Jan 1992

(HK$mn)

Money Supply

MI - HKS

Foreign currency Total

144,303 18,495

162,798

M2 - HK$*

744,538

139,479 (

16,078 ( 15.0 ) 155,557 {

4.7 ) 726,992 (

3.5 )

2.4 )

Foreign currency*

821,976

791,785 (

3.8)

Total

1,566,514

1,518,777 (

3.1 )

M3 - HK$*

768,082

750,276 (

2.4 )

Foreign currency*

855,577

Total

1,623,659

823,989 ( 1,574,265 (

3.8 ) 3.1 )

230,705 (-37.5 ) 16,879 ( 9.6 ) 247,584 (-34.2) 851,699 ( -12.6 ) 789,850 ( 4.1 ) 1,641,549 (4.6) 873,362 (-12.1 ) 823,510 ( 3.9 ) 1,696,872 ( 43 )

125,705 (14,8 ) 15,619 ( 184 )

141,324 ( 15.2 )

640,258 ( 16.3 ) 747,115 ( 10.0) 1,387,374 ( 12.9 ) 663,344 ( 15.8 ) 787,943 ( 8.6 ) 1,451,287 (11.9)

Notes and coins in circulation

of which held by public

70,341 61,171

61,157 (15.0 ) 52,172 ( 17.2 )

56,748 (24.0 )

49,588 ( 23.4 )

61,738 ( 13.9 ) 52,909 (15.6)

Total Deposits

Total Demand deposits

101,627

103,385 (-1.7)

Total Savings deposits

356,436

Total Time deposits with licensed banks

1,029,652

353,878 ( 0.7) 992,126 ( 3.8)

Total Time deposits with restricted licence banks

36,821

34,611 (

6.4)

197,996 (-48.7 ) 352,604 ( 1,024,495 ( 34,183 (

0.5 ) 7.7)

88,414 (14.9 ) 310,750 ( 14.7 ) 918,439 ( 12.1 )

37,961 (-3.0)

Tota! Time deposits with deposit-taking companies

18,617

19,107 (

.2.6)

19,187 ( 3.0 )

22,750 (-18.2)

HK$ deposits*

692,941

684,055 (

1.3 }

809,604 ( -14.4 )

$97,130 ( 16.0)

US$ deposita*

420,363

387,901 (

8.4)

375,617 (11.9 )

314,617 (33.6 )

Other foreign currency deposits*

429,848

All deposits

1,543,152

431,150 (-0.3) 1,503,107 ( 2.7)

443,245 (-3.0)

466,567 (-7.9 )

1,628,466 ( -5.2)

1,378,315 ( 12.0)

Foreign currency swap deposits

59,783

$8,690 (

1.9 )

52,329 ( 14.2 )

41,946 ( 42.5 }

Total Loans and advances

To finance H.K.'s visible trade

91,514

89,265 (

2.5)

To finance merchandising trade not touching H.K.

12,026

11,883 (

Other loans for use in H.K.

923,694

909,907 (

1.2 ) 1.5)

Other loans for use outside H.K.

1,415,836

1,420,648 (-0.3)

Other loans where the place of use is not known

38,102

Los in HK$

823,506

Loans in foreign currencies

1,657,665

Total loans and advances

2,481,171

37,855 (

0.7) 812,087 ( 1.4) 1,657,471 ( 0.0 ) 2,469,558 (0.5)

89,210 ( 2.6) 11,450 ( 5.0 ) 1,037,830 (-11.0 ) 1,434,577 (-1.3 ) 37,266 ( 2.2 ) 937,192 (-12.1 ) 1,673,141 (0.9) 2,610,333 (4.9)

83,623 ( 9.4) 11,678 (

3.0 ) 830,865 (11.2) 1,308,063 ( 8.2 )

40,572 (6.1 ) 736,501 ( 11.8 } 1,538,300 ( 7.8) 2,274,801 (

9.1 )

• 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 1 February 1990.

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