The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Monday) analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the end of September 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.
Release calendar
The release calendar of the Liquidity Template for 2006 is announced below:
Reference Month | Release Date |
January 2006 | 28 February 2006 |
February 2006 | 31 March 2006 |
March 2006 | 28 April 2006 |
April 2006 | 30 May 2006 |
May 2006 | 30 June 2006 |
June 2006 | 31 July 2006 |
July 2006 | 31 August 2006 |
August 2006 | 29 September 2006 |
September 2006 | 31 October 2006 |
October 2006 | 30 November 2006 |
November 2006 | 29 December 2006 |
December 2006 | 31 January 2007 |
For further enquiries, please contact:
Hing-Fung Wong, Resource Co-ordinator, at 2878 1802 or
Kevin Ip, Manager (Press), at 2878 1687
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
31 October 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 October 2005, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
7 October (Issued) |
SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures) |
14 October (Issued) | SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Exchange Fund Balance Sheet Data) |
28 October (Issued) |
Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account |
31 October | SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity |