International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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29 Apr 2005

International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Friday) analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the end of March 2005 (Annex). These data are published monthly in the Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity in accordance with the International Monetary Fund's Special Data Dissemination Standard.

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Jasmin Fung, Manager (Press), at 2878 8246 or
H. F. Wong, Resource Coordinator (Press), at 2878 1802

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
29 April 2005

 

At present, four press releases relating to the Exchange Fund's data are issued each month. Three of these releases are issued to disseminate monetary data in accordance with the International Monetary Fund's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS). The fourth press release, on the Exchange Fund's Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account, is made in accordance with the HKMA's policy of maintaining a high level of transparency. For the month of April 2005, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:

7 April
(Issued)
SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)
14 April (Issued) SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Exchange Fund Balance Sheet Data)
29 April Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account
29 April SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
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