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Country Report Hong Kong June 2011
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| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ||||||
| 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | |
| General government finance (HK$ bn) | ||||||||
| Revenue | 36.4 | 30.2 | 110.5 | 81.6 | 38.9 | 35.2 | 125.7 | 92.1 |
| Expenditure | 56.0 | 62.0 | 57.8 | 61.6 | 60.8 | 63.3 | 58.6 | 61.6 |
| Balance | -19.6 | -31.8 | 52.7 | 20.0 | -21.9 | -28.1 | 67.1 | 30.5 |
| Output | ||||||||
| GDP at chained 2007 prices (HK$ bn) | 388.0 | 416.5 | 439.1 | 408.9 | 414.1 | 445.1 | 467.2 | 438.5 |
| GDP at chained 2007 prices (% change, year on year) | -3.4 | -2.1 | 2.5 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 7.2 |
| Manufacturing index (2000=100) | 91.1 | 96.7 | 94.9 | 84.4 | 93.1 | 101.9 | 100.4 | n/a |
| Manufacturing index (% change, year on year) | -9.5 | -8.6 | -5.0 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 5.8 | n/a |
| Employment, wages and prices | ||||||||
| Employment, manufacturing (end-period; '000) | 124.7 | 124.7 | 124.9 | 122.6 | 119.8 | 117.7 | 117.6 | n/a |
| Unemployment rate (% of labour force) | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.4 |
| Average monthly wages (% change, year on year) | -1.9 | -1.9 | 0.8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Consumer prices (2004/05=100) | 98.2 | 97.2 | 99.7 | 100.5 | 101.0 | 98.8 | 102.4 | 104.3 |
| Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 0.0 | -0.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| Producer prices (2000=100) | 97.9 | 98.0 | 99.8 | 101.6 | 103.7 | 104.3 | 107.4 | n/a |
| Producer prices (% change, year on year) | -3.0 | -2.0 | -0.3 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 7.6 | n/a |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate HK$:US$ (av) | 7.75 | 7.75 | 7.75 | 7.76 | 7.78 | 7.77 | 7.76 | 7.79 |
| Deposit rate (av; %) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lending rate (av; %) | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| 3-month money market rate (end-period; %) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| M1 (end-period; HK$ bn)a | 513 | 605 | 585 | 626 | 592 | 727 | 639 | n/a |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | 28.2 | 52.4 | 34.4 | 33.3 | 15.4 | 20.1 | 9.2 | n/a |
| M2 (end-period; HK$ bn)a | 5,300 | 5,418 | 5,383 | 5,410 | 5,398 | 5,747 | 5,781 | n/a |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 9.8 | 9.4 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 6.1 | 7.4 | n/a |
| Hang Seng stockmarket index (end-period; Jul 31st 1964=100) | 18,379 | 20,955 | 21,873 | 21,239 | 20,129 | 22,358 | 23,035 | 23,528 |
| Hang Seng stockmarket index (% change, year on year) | -16.3 | 16.5 | 51.9 | 56.2 | 9.0 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 10.5 |
| Sectoral trends | ||||||||
| Tourist arrivals ('000) | 6,293 | 7,463 | 8,431 | 8,625 | 8,231 | 9,320 | 9,854 | 9,708 |
| Retail sales (% change, year on year) | ||||||||
| Value | -5.1 | -1.1 | 12.8 | 18.8 | 16.9 | 17.9 | 19.4 | 21.0 |
| Volume | -5.4 | -1.8 | 10.0 | 15.8 | 13.6 | 15.6 | 16.9 | 16.3 |
| Foreign trade (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Exports fob | 79,287 | 84,054 | 90,269 | 81,983 | 98,216 | 107,079 | 103,085 | 101,834 |
| Re-exports fob | 77,426 | 82,083 | 88,194 | 79,995 | 95,977 | 104,743 | 100,668 | 99,640 |
| Imports cif | -84,941 | -93,429 | -99,733 | -93,324 | -109,905 | -115,685 | -114,591 | -112,256 |
| Trade balance | -5,654 | -9,375 | -9,465 | -11,341 | -11,688 | -8,605 | -11,506 | -10,422 |
| Foreign payments (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Current-account balance | 5,520 | 1,876 | 3,896 | 3,924 | 1,009 | 5,671 | n/a | n/a |
| Reserves excl gold (end-period) | 206,933 | 226,829 | 255,768 | 258,752 | 256,713 | 266,012 | 268,637 | n/a |
| a Excluding other currencies. | ||||||||
| Sources: Census and Statistics Department; IMF, International Financial Statistics; Haver Analytics. | ||||||||
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