Commercial Banks’ Assets, 1971 to 1979

Values in $EC 000's	1971 Dec.	1972 Dec.	1973 Dec.	1974 Dec.	1975 Dec.	1976 Dec.	1977 Dec.	1978 Dec.	1979 Dec.
A. Assets Total	48,986	64,286	76,357	96,745	110,576	135,221	142,536	168,514	215,260
Cash	1,491	1,870	1,899	1,811	2,643	3,424	3,980	6,175	7,371
Loans & Advances	34,237	51,435	56,137	66,107	76,642	84,205	106,433	127,447	152,590
Balance Due by Other Banks
Local	..	1,357	1,214	1,511	2,378	21,869	9,433	15,006	26,172
Foreign	6,678	1,391	4,422	7,990	8,570	8,281	6,938	3,339	9,466
U.K.	5,138	156	1,104	5,565	3,953	1,935	2,926	1,115	4,078
U.S.A.	167	315	1,796	2,481	466	2,466	2,422	1,075	3,998
Canada	66	50	72	36	199	483	515	881	681
Elsewhere	1,307	870	1,450	908	3,952	3,397	1,372	268	709
Investments	1,705	2,502	3,491	3,630	7,761	6,530	5,859	1,856	4,246
Other Assets	4,492	5,731	9,194	14,696	12,582	10,912	9,893	11,691	15,415
.. Not available for reference period
Source: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank