Pre-World-War-II HSBC Deposits

API Detailed Documentation

API URL:

API Data Enquiry
Output Fields (JSON) Swagger Format
 
Name Type Unit Of Measure Description
Lbd_hsbc_year Date   Year
Lbd_hsbc_a Number HKD Million  Pre-World-War-II HSBC Deposits 
Footnotes
Licensed Bank Deposits in Hong Kong
Pre-World-War-II Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation Deposits (HSBC Deposits)
Period: 1954-2002 for Bank Deposits in Hong Kong;
1867-1940 for HSBC Deposits.
Period covered for breakdown of deposits into "HK dollar" and "foreign currency": 1980-2002.
Unit: HKD Million for Bank Deposits in Hong Kong;
HK Dollar for HSBC Deposits. 
Year-end Figures
Source: Hong Kong Statistics 1947-67 (1954-1967), Hong Kong Government Gazette Supplement 4 (1968-70),
Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics (1971-2002).
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Annual Report (under various titles).
Note: For bank deposits in Hong Kong, the data since 1980 is a new series.
Javascript Example
$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/hkimr/pre-war-hsbc-deposits?offset=0',
dataType:'json',
success:function(data){
alert('results found:'+ data.result.datasize)
}
});
 
Python Example
import urllib.request
url = 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/hkimr/pre-war-hsbc-deposits?offset=0'
with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:
print (req.read())