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23-32 Money Supply |
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(HK$
million,As at end of year) |
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Item |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
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Legal
Tender Notes and Coins in Circulation |
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Commercial Bank
Issues
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82575 |
87015 |
86465 |
118195 |
99265 |
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Government Issues
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4538 |
5651 |
6030 |
6029 |
6170 |
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Total
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87113 |
92666 |
92495 |
124224 |
105435 |
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Authorized
Institutions' Holdings of |
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Legal Tender Notes and Coins
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10597 |
12077 |
11321 |
24705 |
13674 |
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Legal
Tender Notes and Coins in Hands of
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Public
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76516 |
80589 |
81174 |
99519 |
91761 |
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Money
Supply: Adjusted for Foreign |
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Currency Swap Deposits
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Money
Supply (Definition 1)
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Hong Kong Dollar
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198311 |
188135 |
178260 |
205339 |
203966 |
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Foreign Currency
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19149 |
19958 |
19406 |
19818 |
39881 |
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Total
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217460 |
208093 |
197666 |
225156 |
243847 |
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Money
Supply (Definition 2)
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Hong Kong Dollar①
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1503603 |
1652473 |
1814100 |
1910972 |
1984756 |
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Foreign Currency②
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1028633 |
1090520 |
1251989 |
1402562 |
1620457 |
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Total |
2532236 |
2742993 |
3066089 |
3313534 |
3605213 |
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Money
Supply (Definition 3)
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Hong Kong Dollar①
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1520461 |
1670379 |
1826233 |
1922962 |
1999152 |
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Foreign Currency②
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1091176 |
1155230 |
1296112 |
1438843 |
1649322 |
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Total
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2611636 |
2825609 |
3122345 |
3361805 |
3648473 |
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Money
Supply: Unadjusted for Foreign |
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Currency Swap Deposits
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Money
Supply (Definition 2)
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Hong Kong Dollar
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1465100 |
1610141 |
1784812 |
1882630 |
1980430 |
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Foreign Currency
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1067135 |
1132852 |
1281277 |
1430904 |
1624783 |
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Total
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2532236 |
2742993 |
3066089 |
3313534 |
3605213 |
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Money
Supply (Definition 3)
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Hong Kong Dollar
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1481959 |
1628047 |
1796944 |
1894620 |
1994825 |
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Foreign Currency
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1129678 |
1197562 |
1325401 |
1467185 |
1653648 |
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Total
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2611636 |
2825609 |
3122345 |
3361805 |
3648473 |
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Notes: Hong Kong dollar is the legal tender in the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region, as stated in "The Basic Law of the Hong
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Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China". Foreign
currency refers to any currency other than the Hong Kong currency. |
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Accordingly Chinese Renminbi is also 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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