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THURSDAY, JUNE 301994

TABLE 1 : MONETARY STATISTICS

MAY 1994

May 1994

Earlier months (% change to May 1994)

Apr 1994

Feb 1994

May 1993

(HK$mn)

Money Supply

164,236

171,499 (

-4.2)

178,903 (

--8.2)

148,124 (

10.9)

MI - HKS

18,671

21,555 (

134 )

21,081 (

-11.4

16,412 (

13.8 )

Foreign currency

182,907

193,054 (

-5.3)

199,984 (

-8.5)

164,536 (

11.2)

Total

992,935

972,231 (

2.1)

949,518 (

4.6)

801,659 (

23.9)

M2 - HKS*

829,540

842,402 (

-15}

843,643 (

-1.7)

843,097 (

-1.6}

Foreign currency"

1,822,475

1,814,635 (

0.4)

1,793,161 (

1.6)

1,644,756 (

10.8)

Total

1,009,864

988,816 (

21)

966,364 (

4.5)

817,933 (

23.5)

M3

HK$*

874,645

886,997 (

−1.4)

884,847 (

-1.2)

875,062 (

-0.0)

Foreign currency*

1,884,509

1,875,813 (

0.5)

1,851,211 (

1.8)

1,692,995 (

11.3)

Total

72,444

73,254 (

-1.1 }

76,798 (

-57)

64,498 (

123 )

Notes and coins in circulation

64,260

65,187 (

-1.4)

68,695 (

-6.5 }

56,806 (

13.1}

of which held by public

Total Deposit

118,647

127,868 (

-72)

131,289 (

--9.6)

107,730 (

10.1)

Total Demand deposits

405,100

412,889 (

-1.9)

416,416 (−2.7)

383,188 (

5.7)

Total Savings deposits

1,202,783

1,178,078 (

2.1)

1,151,972 (

4.4)

1,078,859 (

11.5)

Total Time deposits with licensed banks

Total Time deposits with restricted licence banks

28,818

28,217 (

2.1)

25,587 (

12.6)

27,169 (

6.1)

Total Time deposits with deposit-taking companies

17,742

17,680 (

0.4)

17,820 (

−0.4}

17,970 (

--1.3)

922,695

901,693 (

2.3)

878,829 (

5.0)

747,215 (

23.5)

HK$ deposits*

439,458

434,384 (

1.1)

422,417 (

4.0)

415,007 (

5.9)

US$ deposits*

410,937

428,154 (

-4.0)

441,838 (

-7.0)

452,695 (

-9.2)

Other foreign currency deposits*

1,773,090

1,764,731 (

0.5)

1,743,083 (

1.7)

1,614,917 (

9.8)

All deposits

87,893

81,742 (

1.5)

73,289 (

19.9)

61,199 (

43.6)

Foreign currency swap deposits

Total Loans and advances

114,973

110,414 (

4.1)

104,068 (

10.5)

98,775 (

16.4)

To finance H.K.'s visible trade

To finance merchandising trade not touching H.K

11,559

11,179 (

3.4)

11,355 (

18)

11,998 (

−3.7 }

1,178,128

1,155,554 (

20)

1,119,004 (

5.3)

992,523 (

18.7 }

Other loans for use in H.K.

1,713,254

1,751,508 (

-2.2)

1,721,047 (

-0.5)

1,612,918 (

6.2)

Other loans for use outside H.K.

Other loans where the place of use is not known

45.142

45,129 (

0.0)

45,634 (

~1.1)

41,856 (

7.9 }

1,051,640

1,028,202 (

23}

991,314 (

6.1)

883,197 (

19.1 })

Loans in HK$

2,011,427

2,045,581 (

--1.7)

2,009,794 (

0.1}

1,874,874 (

7.3)

Loans in foreign currencies

3,063,067

3,073,783 (

-0.3)

3,001,108 (

2.1)

2,758,070 (

11.1}

Total loans and advances

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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