Monetary Statistics for September 2005

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31 Oct 2005

Monetary Statistics for September 2005

According to statistics published today (Monday) by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, total deposits with authorized institutions increased by 0.7% in September 2005, as a 1.6% rise in Hong Kong dollar deposits more than offset a decline of 0.4% in foreign currency deposits. Within foreign currency deposits, renminbi deposits amounted to RMB22.6 billion yuan in September, compared with RMB22.4 billion yuan in August.

Total loans and advances expanded by 0.6% in September, as a rise of 0.6% in loans for use in Hong Kong outweighed a slight decline of 0.04% in loans for use outside Hong Kong. Analysed by currency, foreign currency loans decreased, while Hong Kong dollar lending increased. As Hong Kong dollar deposits rose more than Hong Kong dollar loans, the loan-to-deposit ratio fell to 84.8% in September.

On a seasonally adjusted basis, Hong Kong dollar M1 decreased by 1.5% in September and by 5.6% from a year earlier. Unadjusted Hong Kong dollar M2 and M3 both grew by 1.5% during the month, and by 10.1% on a year-on-year comparison.

Release Schedule of Monetary Statistics in Hong Kong

The monthly release schedule of monetary statistics in Year 2006 is as follows.

   Reference Month      Release Date
   January 2006        28 February 2006
   February 2006       31 March 2006
   March 2006          28 April 2006
   April 2006          30 May 2006
   May 2006            30 June 2006
   June 2006           31 July 2006
   July 2006           31 August 2006
   August 2006         29 September 2006
   September 2006      31 October 2006
   October 2006        30 November 2006
   November 2006       29 December 2006
   December 2006       31 January 2007

For further enquiries, please contact:

Hing-Fung Wong, Resource Co-ordinator, at 2878 1802 or
Kevin Ip, Manager (Press), at 2878 1687

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
31 October 2005

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