Monetary Statistics for September 2014

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31 Oct 2014

Monetary Statistics for September 2014

According to statistics published today (Friday) by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, total deposits with authorized institutions increased by 0.7% in September 2014. As the decrease in time deposits exceeded the expansion in demand and savings deposits, Hong Kong-dollar deposits went down by 0.3% during the month. Overall foreign-currency deposits rose by 1.5% in September, while renminbi deposits in Hong Kong increased by 0.8% to RMB944.5 billion at the end of September. The total remittance of renminbi for cross-border trade settlement amounted to RMB605.6 billion in September, compared with RMB496.2 billion in August.

Total loans and advances grew by 0.9% in September, within which loans for use in Hong Kong (including trade finance) went up by 0.7% and loans for use outside Hong Kong increased by 1.6%. As Hong Kong-dollar loans expanded while deposits declined, the Hong Kong-dollar loan-to-deposit ratio rose to 81.8% at the end of September from 80.9% at the end of August.

Loans for use in Hong Kong (including trade finance) grew by 1.4% in the third quarter of 2014 after expanding by 4.4% in the second quarter. Analysed by economic use, the quarterly expansion in loans was led by loans to wholesale and retail trade, loans to manufacturing, and residential mortgage loans.

Seasonally adjusted Hong Kong-dollar M1 decreased by 0.5% in September and expanded by 11.6% year on year. Seasonally unadjusted Hong Kong-dollar M3 decreased by 0.3% in September but climbed by 9.7% from a year earlier.

Annex

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
31 October 2014

 

 

Release Schedule of Monetary Statistics in Hong Kong

The monthly release schedule of monetary statistics in Year 2015 is as follows.

Reference Month                          Release Date

January 2015                                 27 February 2015

February 2015                                31 March 2015

March 2015                                    30 April 2015

April 2015                                       29 May 2015

May 2015                                       30 June 2015

June 2015                                      31 July 2015

July 2015                                        31 August 2015

August 2015                                   30 September 2015

September 2015                            30 October 2015

October 2015                                 30 November 2015

November 2015                             31 December 2015

December 2015                             29 January 2016

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