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COMPARED WITH A YEAR EARLIER, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 5.7% AND 12.9% RESPECTIVELY.

LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG DECREASED BY 0.1% IN OCTOBER, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 0.04% IN AUGUST AND A DECREASE OF 0.8% IN SEPTEMBER. YEAR-ON-YEAR, SUCH LOANS GREW BY 15.5%.

OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG INCREASED BY 5.2% IN OCTOBER, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 0.3% AND 1.2% IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER RESPECTIVELY.

YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 6.7%.

LOANS FOR USE OUTSIDE HONG KONG DECREASED BY 2.1% IN AFTER AN INCREASE OF 1.3% IN AUGUST AND A DECREASE OF SEPTEMBER. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 12.7%.

OCTOBER,

0.6%

IN

LOANS TO FINANCE TRADE NOT TOUCHING HONG KONG DECREASED BY 2.0% DURING OCTOBER, AFTER DECREASES OF 2.0% AND 3.4%

AUGUST AND

SEPTEMBER RESPECTIVELY,

IN

YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 5.5%.

NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS

THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS REMAINED UNCHANGED AT THE NUMBER OF RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS INCREASED BY ONE TO 57 WHILE THE NUMBER OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES DECREASED BY ONE TO 142.

167.

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