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22-38 MONEY SUPPLY
(HK∠ million,As at end of year) |  |  |  |  |
Item | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998
Legal Tender Notes and Coins in Circulation |  |  |  |  |
Commercial Bank Issues | 40886 | 77695 | 82575 | 87015 | 86465
Government Issues | 2375 | 3972 | 4538 | 5651 | 6030
Total | 43261 | 81667 | 87113 | 92666 | 92495
Authorized Institutions' Holdings of Legal Tender Notes and Coins | 5568 | 10332 | 10597 | 12077 | 11321
Legal Tender Notes and Coins in Hands of Public | 37693 | 71335 | 76516 | 80589 | 81174
Money Supply: Adjusted for Foreign Currency Swap Deposits |  |  |  |  |
Money Supply (Definition 1) |  |  |  |  |
Hong Kong Dollar | 91826 | 171642 | 198311 | 188135 | 178260
Foreign Currency | 15683 | 18830 | 19149 | 19958 | 19406
Total | 107509 | 190471 | 217460 | 208093 | 197666
Money Supply (Definition 2) |  |  |  |  |
Hong Kong DollarＫ | 539667 | 1260427 | 1503603 | 1652473 | 1814101
Foreign CurrencyＬ | 670383 | 1022422 | 1028633 | 1090520 | 1251989
Total | 1210050 | 2282849 | 2532236 | 2744256 | 3066089
Money Supply (Definition 3) |  |  |  |  |
Hong Kong DollarＫ | 571215 | 1278288 | 1520461 | 1670379 | 1826233
Foreign CurrencyＬ | 716813 | 1085675 | 1091176 | 1155230 | 1296112
Total | 1288028 | 2363963 | 2611636 | 2826873 | 3122345
Money Supply: Unadjusted for Foreign Currency Swap Deposits |  |  |  |  |
Money Supply (Definition 2) |  |  |  |  |
Hong Kong Dollar | 471934 | 1210618 | 1465100 | 1610141 | 1784812
Foreign Currency | 738116 | 1072230 | 1067135 | 1132852 | 1281277
Total | 1210050 | 2282849 | 2532236 | 2744256 | 3066089
Money Supply (Definition 3) |  |  |  |  |
Hong Kong Dollar | 503482 | 1228480 | 1481959 | 1628047 | 1796944
Foreign Currency | 784546 | 1135484 | 1129678 | 1197562 | 1325401
Total | 1288028 | 2363963 | 2611636 | 2826873 | 3122345
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. |  |  |  |  |
ＫFigures are adjusted to include foreign currency swap deposits. |  |  |  |  |
ＬFigures are adjusted to exclude foreign currency swap deposits. |  |  |  |  |