22-30 Money Supply
(HK$ million,As at end of year)
Item	1990	1996	1997	1998	1999
Legal Tender Notes and Coins in Circulation
Commercial Bank Issues	40886	82575	87015	86465	118195
Government Issues	2375	4538	5651	6030	6029
Total	43261	87113	92666	92495	124224
Authorized Institutions' Holdings of
Legal Tender Notes and Coins	5568	10597	12077	11321	24705
Legal Tender Notes and Coins in Hands of
Public	37693	76516	80589	81174	99519
Money Supply: Adjusted for Foreign
Currency Swap Deposits
Money Supply (Definition 1)
Hong Kong Dollar	91826	198311	188135	178260	205339
Foreign Currency	15683	19149	19958	19406	19818
Total	107509	217460	208093	197666	225156
Money Supply (Definition 2)
Hong Kong Dollar①	539667	1503603	1652473	184100	1910972
Foreign Currency②	670383	1028633	1090520	1251989	1402562
Total	1210050	2532236	2742993	3066089	3313534
Money Supply (Definition 3)
Hong Kong Dollar①	571215	1520461	1670379	1826233	1922962
Foreign Currency②	716813	1091176	1155230	1296112	1438843
Total	1288028	2611636	2825609	3122345	3361805
Money Supply: Unadjusted for Foreign
Currency Swap Deposits
Money Supply (Definition 2)
Hong Kong Dollar	471934	1465100	1610141	1784812	1882630
Foreign Currency	738116	1067135	1132852	1281277	1430904
Total	1210050	2532236	2742993	3066089	3313534
Money Supply (Definition 3)
Hong Kong Dollar	503482	1481959	1628047	1796944	1894620
Foreign Currency	784546	1129678	1197562	1325401	1467185
Total	1288028	2611636	2825609	3122345	3361805
Notes: Hong Kong dollar is the legal tender in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, as stated in "The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China". Foreign currency refers to any currency other than the Hong Kong currency. Accordingly Chinese Renminbi is also treated as foreign currency. ①Figures are adjusted to include foreign currency swap deposits. ②Figures are adjusted to exclude foreign currency swap deposits.