24-43  Money Supply
			(HKD 100 million, as at end of year)
Item	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Legal Tender Notes and Coins in Circulation
Commercial Bank Issues	1184.75	1342.15	1467.75	1492.95	1573.85
Government Issues	61.43	65.50	66.04	69.64	71.15
Total	1246.18	1407.65	1533.79	1562.59	1645.00
Authorized Institutions’ Holdings of
Legal Tender Notes and Coins	113.84	128.98	125.76	139.52	142.69
Legal Tender Notes and Coins in Hands of
Public	1132.34	1278.67	1408.03	1423.07	1502.31
Money Supply : Adjusted for Foreign
Currency Swap Deposits
Money Supply M1
Hong Kong Dollar	2594.11	3547.52	4126.29	3482.48	3879.18
Foreign Currency	362.39	586.71	718.65	864.37	1037.39
Total	2956.50	4134.23	4844.94	4346.84	4916.57
Money Supply M2
Hong Kong Dollar①	19840.49	21072.69	22085.91	23296.69*	27778.23
Foreign Currency②	15342.77	17061.73	19581.16	20493.88*	22847.81
Total	35183.26	38134.42	41667.06	43790.57*	50626.04
Money Supply M3
Hong Kong Dollar①	20042.25	21228.61	22195.57	23458.38*	27956.88
Foreign Currency②	15576.27	17351.83	19699.87	20613.51*	23023.24
Total	35618.52	38580.44	41895.44	44071.88*	50980.12
Money Supply : Unadjusted for Foreign
Currency Swap Deposits
Money Supply M2
Hong Kong Dollar	19821.42	21058.60	22075.17	23288.34*	27770.99
Foreign Currency	15361.84	17075.82	19591.89	20502.23*	22855.05
Total	35183.26	38134.42	41667.06	43790.57*	50626.04
Money Supply M3
Hong Kong Dollar	20023.18	21214.52	22184.83	23450.03*	27949.64
Foreign Currency	15595.34	17365.92	19710.61	20621.86*	23030.48
Total	35618.52	38580.44	41895.44	44071.88*	50980.12
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.