Thereafter,growth of narrow money accelerated to reach a year-on-year rate of 13 per cent in December 2001,substantially higher than growth in private consumption in nominal terms.

• 其后，港元狭义货币的增长步伐加快，在二零零一年十二月，按年计增长率达13%25，大大高于私人消费的名义增长率。