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Date of last update: 8 February, 2010

This page is updated on the day that the data are released.

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Unless otherwise indicated, data are not seasonally adjusted.

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REAL SECTOR

National Accounts

* GDP (Real)

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 412,542 383,417 -2.4 -3.6

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** By Expenditure Component

*** Private consumption expenditure

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 243,388 247,180 0.2 -1.1

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*** Government consumption expenditure

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 33,527 31,938 3.3 1.7

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*** Gross domestic fixed capital formation

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 84,440 74,248 1.4 -13.6

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*** Changes in inventories

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 21,025 -2,286 - -

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*** Exports of goods and services

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 817,474 756,704 -10.7 -11.1

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*** Imports of goods and services

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 787,312 724,367 -13.2 -12.4

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** By Economic Activity

*** Agriculture and fishing

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 185 197 5.7 -0.9

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*** Mining and quarrying

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 24 25 -16.3 -14.7

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*** Manufacturing

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 9,083 8,032 -8.1 -10.8

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*** Electricity, gas and water

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 12,397 10,112 5.4 2.5

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*** Construction

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 10,180 9,920 8.0 -2.2

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*** Services

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 362,813 340,916 -2.2 -3.7

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**** Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 106,723 87,697 -8.6 -11.3

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**** Transport, storage and communications

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 34,931 31,298 -6.9 -8.8

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**** Financing, insurance, real estate and business services

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 112,577 115,994 3.5 -0.2

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**** Community, social and personal services

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 68,067 67,005 0.9 1.3

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**** Ownership of premises

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 40,515 38,923 0.1 0.8

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*** Taxes on production and imports

HK$ million, in chained (2007) dollars Q3/09 22,318 22,873 1.8 -4.6

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* GDP (Nominal)

HK$ million, at current market prices Q3/09 421,589 391,198 -2.0 -2.5

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** By Expenditure Component

*** Private consumption expenditure

HK$ million, at current market prices Q3/09 246,527 252,266 -1.8 -2.9

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*** Government consumption expenditure

HK$ million, at current market prices Q3/09 35,755 34,114 3.1 2.4

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*** Gross domestic fixed capital formation

HK$ million, at current market prices Q3/09 92,972 77,483 10.0 -9.5

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*** Changes in inventories

HK$ million, at current market prices Q3/09 21,488 -1,512 - -

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*** Exports of goods and services

HK$ million, at current market prices Q3/09 837,019 764,380 -12.6 -12.7

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*** Imports of goods and services

HK$ million, at current market prices Q3/09 812,172 735,533 -9.9 -14.3

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Production Index (Index of Industrial Production) 1/

Index, 2008=100 Q3/09 96.7 91.1 -8.6 -9.5

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Forward-looking Indicator (Business Expectations) 2/

- Q1/10 - - - -

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Labour Market

* Employment

Employed persons (thousand) (3-month moving average) Oct/09 - Dec/09 3,497 3,498 -0.7 -0.4

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* Unemployment rate (Seasonally adjusted)

Percentage of labour force (3-month moving average) Oct/09 - Dec/09 4.9 5.1 - -

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* Wages/earnings (Nominal index of payroll per person engaged)

Index, Q1/99=100 Q3/09 102.5 97.4 2.1 -0.7

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Price Indices

* Composite consumer price index

Index, Oct04-Sep05=100 Dec/09 111.0 110.6 1.3 0.5

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* Producer price index (all manufacturing industries) 1/

Index, 2008=100 Q3/09 98.0 97.9 -2.0 -3.0

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FISCAL SECTOR

General Government Operations (Budgetary Accounts [Monthly])

* Revenue

HK$ million Dec/09 60,450 38,515 -18.6 -19.7

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* Expenditure

HK$ million Dec/09 22,782 20,608 33.0 3.1

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* Balance, deficit/surplus (-/+)

HK$ million Dec/09 37,668 17,906 - -

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* Financing

HK$ million Dec/09 -37,668 -17,906 - -

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** Domestic - Banking sector

HK$ million Dec/09 -37,847 -18,177 - -

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** Domestic - Non-bank sector

HK$ million Dec/09 180 271 - -

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** External

HK$ million Dec/09 0 0 - -

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Government Debt

* Government debt 3/

HK$ million Dec/09 11,769 11,764 - -

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* Debt guaranteed by government 4/

HK$ million Dec/09 43,423 40,412 922.1 971.6

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FINANCIAL SECTOR

Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector (Monetary Statistics)

* Monetary aggregates (HK$ M3)

HK$ million Dec/09 3,604,842 3,632,962 10.5 14.1

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* Gross domestic credit to the Hong Kong SAR Government 5/

HK$ million Dec/09 0 0 - -

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* Gross domestic credit to private sector 6/ 

HK$ million Dec/09 2,674,730 2,685,115 -1.3 -2.8

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* Net external position (Net external claims)  7/

HK$ million Nov/09 2,109,313 2,219,203 -0.9 7.0

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Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Exchange Fund Balance Sheet)

* Monetary base

HK$ million Dec/09 1,010,695 996,111 99.5 138.0

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* Claims on the Hong Kong SAR Government

HK$ million Dec/09 0 0 0.0 0.0

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* Claims on the Private Sector in Hong Kong

HK$ million Dec/09 80,736 137,566 -46.6 18.1

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* Foreign Assets

HK$ million Dec/09 1,906,993 1,852,449 49.8 55.9

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* Foreign Liabilities

HK$ million Dec/09 370 393 -2.4 -76.5

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Interest Rate

* Base Rate

Percent per annum Jan/10 0.50 0.50 - -

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* Yield of Exchange Fund Bills - 91-day

Percent per annum Jan/10 0.09 0.07 - -

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* Yield of Exchange Fund Bills - 10-year

Percent per annum Jan/10 2.82 2.58 - -

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Stock Market (Hang Seng Index)

Index, 31 July 1964 = 100 Jan/10 20,122 21,873 51.5 52.0

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EXTERNAL SECTOR

Balance of Payments

* Imports of goods and services

HK$ million Q3/09 812,172 735,533 -9.9 -14.3

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* Exports of goods and services

HK$ million Q3/09 837,019 764,380 -12.6 -12.7

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* Net income receipts

HK$ million Q3/09 9,106 21,511 - -

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* Net receipts from current transfers

HK$ million Q3/09 -6,414 -5,832 - -

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* International reserves (Change in reserve assets)

HK$ million Q3/09 -106,625 -143,096 - -

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* Capital and Financial transactions (non-reserve)

HK$ million Q3/09 64,502 79,154 - -

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International Reserves

* Foreign currency reserve assets

US$ billion Jan/10 257.1 255.8 41.5 40.2

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Merchandise Trade

* Total exports of goods (f.o.b.)

HK$ billion Dec/09 224.8 234.1 9.2 1.3

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* Total imports of goods (c.i.f.)

HK$ billion Dec/09 258.3 254.8 18.7 6.5

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International Investment Position

* Assets

HK$ million 2008 17,521,261 21,194,093 -17.3 41.3

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** Direct investment abroad

HK$ million 2008 5,906,175 7,888,993 -25.1 49.9

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** Portfolio investment

HK$ million 2008 4,318,241 6,074,091 -28.9 34.6

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*** Equity securities

HK$ million 2008 2,132,764 4,014,215 -46.9 52.4

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*** Debt securities

HK$ million 2008 2,185,478 2,059,876 6.1 9.6

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** Financial derivatives

HK$ million 2008 675,311 373,619 80.7 113.2

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** Other investment

HK$ million 2008 5,206,823 5,666,708 -8.1 41.3

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** Reserve assets

HK$ million 2008 1,414,710 1,190,682 18.8 14.9

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* Liabilities

HK$ million 2008 12,694,589 17,420,503 -27.1 58.8

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** Direct investment in Hong Kong

HK$ million 2008 6,325,837 9,186,549 -31.1 59.2

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** Portfolio investment

HK$ million 2008 1,781,904 3,726,025 -52.2 84.6

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*** Equity securities

HK$ million 2008 1,662,400 3,382,906 -50.9 75.5

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*** Debt securities

HK$ million 2008 119,504 343,118 -65.2 274.2

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** Financial derivatives

HK$ million 2008 572,647 253,836 125.6 60.3

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** Other investment

HK$ million 2008 4,014,201 4,254,093 -5.6 40.9

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* Net International Investment Position

HK$ million 2008 4,826,672 3,773,590 27.9 -6.4

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External Debt

           

 

* Gross External Debt

HK$ million Q3/09 5,109,966 4,891,912 -4.5 -9.1

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** General Government

HK$ million Q3/09 11,014 12,252 -8.9 -8.1

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** Monetary Authority

HK$ million Q3/09 2,144 4,203 -92.3 -21.7

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** Banks

HK$ million Q3/09 3,721,045 3,611,234 -3.0 -5.2

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** Other Sectors

HK$ million Q3/09 332,109 291,541 -27.3 -46.1

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** Direct investment: Intercompany lending

HK$ million Q3/09 1,043,654 972,683 2.5 -3.8

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Exchange rate

           

 

* Spot rate

HK$ per US$ (Positive sign represent appreciation of HK$) Jan/10 7.7615 7.7555 -0.1 -0.1

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* Spot rate (Interbank rate)

HK$ per US$ (Positive sign represent appreciation of HK$) Jan/10 7.7685 7.7550 -0.2 -0.1

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* 3-month forward rate (Interbank rate)

HK$ against USD (pip) Jan/10 -49 -48 - -

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* 6-month forward rate (Interbank rate)

HK$ against USD (pip) Jan/10 -95 -97 - -

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POPULATION

Number, half-yearly Jun/30/09 7,008,300 6,988,900 0.4 0.5

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Footnotes:

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1/ Hong Kong is taking the flexibility options for periodicity and timeliness. The indices are disseminated on a quarterly basis within three months of the end of the reference quarter.

2/ Refer to views on expected changes in volume of business/output, number of persons engaged and prices for the coming quarter as compared with the current quarter.

3/ In May 2004, the Government issued a $6 billion Toll Revenue Bond to be repaid by the net toll revenue receivable of Government-owned tunnels and bridges to Hong Kong Link 2004 Limited, which issued notes and bonds totalling the same amount to institutional and retail investors. The maturity date of the Toll Revenue Bond is May 2016 and full repayment may be made before 2016.

4/ Debts guaranteed by government refer to guarantees provided under the Special Finance Scheme for Small and Medium Enterprises, the Self-employment Business Start-up Assistance Scheme, the SME Loan Guarantee Scheme, the Film Guarantee Fund and the Loan Guarantee Scheme for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Impacted Industries.

5/ Loan to the Hong Kong SAR government is at present zero.

6/ Includes loans for trade finance and other loans for use in Hong Kong.

7/ Hong Kong is taking the extensive branch banking system flexibility to disseminate data on the external position with a timeliness of more than one month.

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