At the end of October, foreign currency deposits in financial institutions (including foreign-funded ones) grew by USD2.234 billion over September to USD147.54 billion. In particular, deposits of enterprises and household savings reached USD49.81 billion and USD88.47 billion respectively. Increase of savings deposits during the first ten months of 2002 totaled USD6.89 billion, USD170 million more than the same period of 2001, among which time deposits grew by USD4.34 billion, USD310 million more than the same period of 2001.
The balance of loans issued by financial institutions (including foreign-funded) in foreign currencies totaled USD98.84 billion, up USD6.11 billion over end of 2001, accelerating by USD10.49 billion on year-on-year basis. Balance of short-term loans amounted to USD30.23 billion, up USD3.34 billion over end of last year, accelerating by USD4.17 billion on year-on-year basis. Balance of medium and long-term loans reached USD35.14 billion, up USD2.32 billion from end-2001 and accelerating by USD3.8 billion on year-on-year basis. Balance of on-lending of funds raised overseas totaled USD21.18 billion, USD500 million less than that of end-2001 or down USD1.57 billion from the decline of a year earlier.
