24-43 Money Supply
	(HKD 100 million, as at end of year)
Item	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Legal Tender Notes and Coins in Circulation
Commercial Bank Issues	1573.85	1634.35	1772.25	2001.85	2267.05
Government Issues	71.15	78.00	85.72	87.30	91.82
Total	1645.00	1712.35	1857.97	2089.15	2358.87
Authorized Institutions’ Holdings of
Legal Tender Notes and Coins	142.69	132.22	153.17	145.96	170.81
Legal Tender Notes and Coins in Hands of
Public	1502.31	1580.13	1704.80	1943.19	2188.06
Money Supply : Adjusted for Foreign
Currency Swap Deposits
Money Supply M1
Hong Kong Dollar	3879.09	4543.42	4911.15	6712.41	7300.93
Foreign Currency	1037.39	1623.66	1547.18	2305.78	2871.34
Total	4916.48	6167.09	6458.33	9018.19	10172.27
Money Supply M2
Hong Kong Dollar①	27776.79	32810.17	32398.57	35877.17	38667.91
Foreign Currency②	22766.53	28253.31	30282.01	30145.93	32694.84
Total	50543.32	61063.48	62680.58	66023.10	71362.75
Money Supply M3
Hong Kong Dollar①	27955.45	33005.00	32613.06	36048.43	38781.95
Foreign Currency②	22941.96	28392.58	30394.45	30220.01	32780.69
Total	50897.41	61397.58	63007.51	66268.43	71562.64
Money Supply : Unadjusted for Foreign
Currency Swap Deposits
Money Supply M2
Hong Kong Dollar	27769.55	32804.47	32393.75	35873.30	38665.70
Foreign Currency	22773.77	28259.01	30286.82	30149.80	32697.05
Total	50543.32	61063.48	62680.58	66023.10	71362.75
Money Supply M3
Hong Kong Dollar	27948.21	32999.30	32608.24	36044.56	38779.74
Foreign Currency	22949.20	28398.28	30399.26	30223.87	32782.90
Total	50897.41	61397.58	63007.51	66268.43	71562.64
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.