| 24-21      Money Supply | |||||
|  |  |  |  | (Million MOP(as at end
  of year)) | |
| Items | 1990  | 1997  | 1998  | 1999  | 2000  | 
|   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Money Supply 
  (M1)  | 8979 | 18953 | 20171 | 21045 | 21021 | 
|   Classification 1: MOP | 3213 | 8279 | 8477 | 9223 | 8674 | 
|                            
  HKD                
   | 4243 | 8577 | 9693 | 9600 | 10089 | 
|                            
  Other Currencies | 1523 | 2098 | 2001 | 2222 | 2258 | 
|   Classification 2: Currency in
  Circulation  (MOP) | 699 | 1518 | 1555 | 1820 | 1740 | 
|                            
  Demand Deposits | 1879 | 3965 | 4106 | 3334 | 2669 | 
|                            
  Savings Deposits | 6401 | 13469 | 14510 | 15892 | 16612 | 
| Money Supply (M2)  | 30589 | 78358 | 86217 | 90140 | 90194 | 
|   Classification 1: MOP | 6947 | 24180 | 25796 | 28169 | 23824 | 
|                            
  HKD                
   | 14990 | 41599 | 45530 | 46702 | 47391 | 
|                            
  Other Currencies | 8652 | 12579 | 14891 | 15268 | 18980 | 
|   Classification 2: Money Supply  (M1)                               
   | 8979 | 18953 | 20171 | 21045 | 21021 | 
|                            
  Notice Deposits | 492 | 670 | 881 | 888 | 773 | 
|                             Time
  Deposits | 21104 | 58734 | 65165 | 68206 | 68401 | 
|                            
  Certificates of Deposits | 13 |  |  |  |  | 
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| Notes:
  Pataca (MOP) is the legal tender in the Macao Special Administrative Region,
  as stated in "The Basic Law of the Macao Special  |  | ||||
|           
  Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China".   |  |  |  |  | |