24-42  Money Supply
					(HKD 100 million, as at end of year)
Item	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Legal Tender Notes and Coins in Circulation
Commercial Bank Issues	1075.45	1184.75	1342.15	1467.75	1492.95
Government Issues	59.43	61.43	65.50	66.04	69.64
Total	1134.88	1246.18	1407.65	1533.79	1562.59
Authorized Institutions' Holdings of
Legal Tender Notes and Coins	118.61	113.84	128.98	125.76	139.52
Legal Tender Notes and Coins in Hands of
Public	1016.27	1132.34	1278.67	1408.03	1423.07
Money Supply: Adjusted for Foreign
Currency Swap Deposits
Money Supply M1
Hong Kong Dollar	2298.41	2594.11	3547.52	4126.29	3482.48
Foreign Currency	282.15	362.39	586.71	718.65	864.37
Total	2580.56	2956.50	4134.23	4844.94	4346.84
Money Supply M2
Hong Kong Dollar①	19987.74	19840.49	21072.69	22085.91	23291.73
Foreign Currency②	15512.86	15342.77	17061.73	19581.16	20460.75
Total	35500.60	35183.26	38134.42	41667.06	43752.47
Money Supply M3
Hong Kong Dollar①	20166.35	20042.25	21228.61	22195.57	23453.42
Foreign Currency②	15774.95	15576.27	17351.83	19699.87	20580.37
Total	35941.30	35618.52	38580.44	41895.44	44033.78
Money Supply: Unadjusted for Foreign
Currency Swap Deposits
Money Supply M2
Hong Kong Dollar	19961.38	19821.42	21058.60	22075.17	23283.38
Foreign Currency	15539.23	15361.84	17075.82	19591.89	20469.10
Total	35500.60	35183.26	38134.42	41667.06	43752.47
Money Supply M3
Hong Kong Dollar	20139.98	20023.18	21214.52	22184.83	23445.06
Foreign Currency	15801.32	15595.34	17365.92	19710.61	20588.72
Total	35941.30	35618.52	38580.44	41895.44	44033.78
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.