24-23  Money Supply
 
           
  (100 million MOP (as at end of year))
Items 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
           
Money Supply  (M1)  87.9 134.4 127.9 182.6 226.1
  Classification 1: MOP 48.7 62.9 68.5 83.8 96.0
                            HKD 35.3 67.5 54.0 80.4 111.8
                            Other Currencies 3.8 4.1 5.4 18.4 18.2
  Classification 2: Currency in Circulation  (MOP)                                 23.6 27.7 29.7 34.0 39.3
                            Demand Deposits 64.3 106.7 98.1 148.5 186.8
Money Supply (M2) 1110.9 1209.5 1356.6 1689.1 1855.4
  Classification 1: MOP 296.7 313.7 366.9 453.2 509.8
                            HKD 594.4 662.1 701.5 910.1 1014.9
                            Other Currencies 219.8 233.6 288.3 325.8 330.7
  Classification 2: Money Supply  (M1)                               87.9 134.4 127.9 182.6 226.1
                            Quasi-Monetary Liabilities (QML)③ 1023.0 1075.1 1228.7 1506.6 1629.3
                                  Savings Deposits 349.2 427.1 364.3 451.9 518.8
                                  Notice Deposits 12.3 12.6 11.6 11.5 15.4
                                  Time Deposits 661.5 635.4 852.8 1043.2r 1095.1
           
 
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".  
           M2 = M1 + Quasi-Monetary Liabilities (QML)
           Starting from January 2001, the definition of M1 has been revised. Saving Deposits are reclassified as component of the Quasi-Monetary
               Liabilities (QML); while M1 includes only Currency in Circulation and Demand Deposits.
           QML: Quasi-Monetary Liabilities, which consist of savings deposits, notice deposits, time deposits and certificate of deposits.