23-43 Money Supply
	(HKD 100 million, as at end of year)
Item	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Legal Tender Notes and Coins in Circulation
Commercial Bank Issues	1492.95	1573.85	1634.35	1772.25	2001.85
Government Issues	69.64	71.15	78.00	85.72	87.30
Total	1562.59	1645.00	1712.35	1857.97	2089.15
Authorized Institutions’ Holdings of
Legal Tender Notes and Coins	139.52	142.69	132.22	153.17	145.96
Legal Tender Notes and Coins in Hands of
Public	1423.07	1502.31	1580.13	1704.80	1943.19
Money Supply : Adjusted for Foreign
Currency Swap Deposits
Money Supply M1
Hong Kong Dollar	3482.48	3879.09	4543.42	4911.15	6712.41
Foreign Currency	864.37	1037.39	1623.66	1547.18	2305.78
Total	4346.84	4916.48	6167.09	6458.33	9018.19
Money Supply M2
Hong Kong Dollar①	23296.69	27776.79	32810.17	32398.57	35877.17
Foreign Currency②	20493.88	22766.53	28253.31	30282.01*	30145.93
Total	43790.57	50543.32	61063.48	62680.58*	66023.10
Money Supply M3
Hong Kong Dollar①	23458.38	27955.45	33005.00	32613.06	36048.43
Foreign Currency②	20613.51	22941.96	28392.58	30394.45*	30220.01
Total	44071.88	50897.41	61397.58	63007.51*	66268.43
Money Supply : Unadjusted for Foreign
Currency Swap Deposits
Money Supply M2
Hong Kong Dollar	23288.34	27769.55	32804.47	32393.75	35873.30
Foreign Currency	20502.23	22773.77	28259.01	30286.82*	30149.80
Total	43790.57	50543.32	61063.48	62680.58*	66023.10
Money Supply M3
Hong Kong Dollar	23450.03	27948.21	32999.30	32608.24	36044.56
Foreign Currency	20621.86	22949.20	28398.28	30399.26*	30223.87
Total	44071.88	50897.41	61397.58	63007.51*	66268.43
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.