| N.Z. TRADING BANK DEPOSIT GROWTH RISES SLIGHTLY | |
| New Zealand's trading bank seasonally | |
| adjusted deposit growth rose 2.6 pct in January compared with a | |
| rise of 9.4 pct in December, the Reserve Bank said. | |
| Year-on-year total deposits rose 30.6 pct compared with a | |
| 26.3 pct increase in the December year and 34.5 pct rise a year | |
| ago period, it said in its weekly statistical release. | |
| Total deposits rose to 17.18 billion N.Z. Dlrs in January | |
| compared with 16.74 billion in December and 13.16 billion in | |
| January 1986. | |