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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1993

AMONG THESE DEPOSITS, DEMAND DEPOSITS DECREASED BY 5.0%

1.0% AND BY SAVINGS DEPOSITS AND TIME DEPOSITS RESPECTIVELY.

WHILE

INCREASED

2.2%

YEAR-ON-YEAR, TOTAL HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS GREW BY 14.7%.

FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS WITH AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS OF 0.5% EACH IN BOTH DECREASED BY 2.1% IN SEPTEMBER, AFTER INCREASES JULY AND AUGUST.

OF THESE DEPOSITS, U.S. DOLLAR DEPOSITS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS DECREASED BY 2.8% AND

NON-U.S. DOLLAR

1.4% RESPECTIVELY.

YEAR-ON-YEAR, TOTAL FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS GREW BY 5.0%.

LICENSED BANKS BANKS AND

IN SEPTEMBER, DEPOSITS IN ALL CURRENCIES WITH DECREASED BY 0.6% WHILE DEPOSITS WITH RESTRICTED LICENCE DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES DECREASED BY 6.2% AND 0.9% RESPECTIVELY.

WHILE YEAR-ON-YEAR, DEPOSITS WITH LICENSED BANKS GREW BY 10.6%

DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES DEPOSITS WITH RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS AND DECLINED BY 26.1% AND 10.6% RESPECTIVELY.

MONEY SUPPLY

HK$M1 DECREASED BY 2.5% IN SEPTEMBER WHILE BOTH HK$M2 AND HK$M3 INCREASED BY 0.9%.

THEIR CORRESPONDING RATES OF CHANGE IN AUGUST WERE +3.9%, -0.5% AND -0.5% RESPECTIVELY.

YEAR-ON-YEAR,

THESE

MONETARY AGGREGATES

BY INCREASED

3.7%,

16.5% AND 15.3% RESPECTIVELY,

TOTAL MI DECREASED BY 2.1% WHILE BOTH TOTAL M2 AND M3 DECREASED BY 0.5% IN SEPTEMBER.

CHANGE.

IN AUGUST TOTAL M1 GREW BY 4.3% WHILE TOTAL M2 AND M3 SHOWED NO

YEAR-ON-YEAR, 11.2% AND 10.3% RESPECTIVELY.

THESE

INCREASED MONETARY AGGREGATES

BY 5.9%,

LOANS AND ADVANCES

TOTAL

OUTSTANDING

RECORDED LITTLE

BY LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED

CHANGE DURING SEPTEMBER,

AUTHORISED FOLLOWING

INSTITUTIONS INCREASES OF 2.1% AND 0.9% IN JULY AND AUGUST RESPECTIVELY.

AMONG THESE LOANS, HONG KONG DOLLAR LOANS INCREASED WHILE FOREIGN CURRENCY LOANS DECREASED BY 0.3%.

COMPARED WITH A YEAR EARLIER, THESE LOANS INCREASED AND 12.8% RESPECTIVELY.

/LOANS TO

BY 0.7%

BY 15.0%