Financial Conditions (December 2023)

Monetary Aggregates   For the month of December 2023, the monthly growth rates of the monetary aggregates M1B and M2 (measured on a daily average basis) were 1.03% and 0.42%, respectively. The annual growth rate of M1B increased to 3.11% mainly because of faster annual growth in passbook savings deposits, whereas the annual growth rate of M2 decreased to 5.30% mainly because of a month-on-month decrease in net foreign capital inflows. For the year of 2023, the average annual growth rates of M1B and M2 were 2.82% and 6.25%, respectively.

Loans and Investments of Financial Institutions   At the end of December 2023, the monthly growth rate of total outstanding loans and investments (measured on a cost basis) of monetary financial institutions was 0.70%, lower than that at the end of the previous month. Meanwhile, the annual growth rate increased from 6.27% at the end of the previous month to 6.56% mainly because of faster growth in bank claims on the private sector. If loans and investments extended by life insurance companies and loans reclassified and written off by monetary financial institutions were all taken into account, the total outstanding loans and investments of financial institutions would show an annual growth rate of 5.62%, higher than the 5.55% registered at the end of the previous month.

Notes: 1. The next Financial Conditions (January 2024) is scheduled for release at 16:20 on February 27, 2024.

2. For the release schedule for the coming months, please check the Advance Release Calendar.