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22-38 MONEY SUPPLY |
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(HK＄ million,As at end of year) |
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Item |
1990 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
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Legal Tender Notes and Coins in Circulation |
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Commercial Bank Issues |
40886 |
77695 |
82575 |
87015 |
86465 |
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Government Issues |
2375 |
3972 |
4538 |
5651 |
6030 |
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Total |
43261 |
81667 |
87113 |
92666 |
92495 |
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Authorized Institutions' Holdings of Legal Tender Notes and Coins |
5568 |
10332 |
10597 |
12077 |
11321 |
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Legal Tender Notes and Coins in Hands of Public |
37693 |
71335 |
76516 |
80589 |
81174 |
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Money Supply: Adjusted for Foreign Currency Swap Deposits |
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Money Supply (Definition 1) |
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Hong Kong Dollar |
91826 |
171642 |
198311 |
188135 |
178260 |
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Foreign Currency |
15683 |
18830 |
19149 |
19958 |
19406 |
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Total |
107509 |
190471 |
217460 |
208093 |
197666 |
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Money Supply (Definition 2) |
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Hong Kong Dollar① |
539667 |
1260427 |
1503603 |
1652473 |
1814101 |
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Foreign Currency② |
670383 |
1022422 |
1028633 |
1090520 |
1251989 |
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Total |
1210050 |
2282849 |
2532236 |
2744256 |
3066089 |
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Money Supply (Definition 3) |
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Hong Kong Dollar① |
571215 |
1278288 |
1520461 |
1670379 |
1826233 |
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Foreign Currency② |
716813 |
1085675 |
1091176 |
1155230 |
1296112 |
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Total |
1288028 |
2363963 |
2611636 |
2826873 |
3122345 |
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Money Supply: Unadjusted for Foreign Currency Swap Deposits |
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Money Supply (Definition 2) |
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Hong Kong Dollar |
471934 |
1210618 |
1465100 |
1610141 |
1784812 |
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Foreign Currency |
738116 |
1072230 |
1067135 |
1132852 |
1281277 |
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Total |
1210050 |
2282849 |
2532236 |
2744256 |
3066089 |
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Money Supply (Definition 3) |
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Hong Kong Dollar |
503482 |
1228480 |
1481959 |
1628047 |
1796944 |
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Foreign Currency |
784546 |
1135484 |
1129678 |
1197562 |
1325401 |
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Total |
1288028 |
2363963 |
2611636 |
2826873 |
3122345 |
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Notes: Hong Kong dollar is the legal tender in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, as stated in "The |
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Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China". Foreign |
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currency refers to any currency other than the Hong Kong currency. Accordingly Chinese Renminbi is also |
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treated as foreign currency. |
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①Figures are adjusted to include foreign currency swap deposits. |
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②Figures are adjusted to exclude foreign currency swap deposits. |
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