HKMA Quarterly Bulletin (March 2006 Issue)

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) today (Wednesday) published the March 2006 issue of its Quarterly Bulletin.

This Bulletin contains five feature articles:

• Benefits of sharing positive consumer credit data - indicating that the sharing of positive data, which began in June 2003, benefits both financial institutions and consumers.
• External demand for Hong Kong dollar currency (revisited) - re-examining a subject about which a similarly titled paper was published in March 2003.
• Financial sector output and employment in Hong Kong and New York City - comparing the two financial centres.
• Hong Kong dollar debt market development in 2005 - examining debt market performance in 2005.
• Hong Kong's renminbi business two years on - reviewing renminbi business since its introduction in February 2004.

The Quarterly Bulletin may be ordered from the HKMA at $100 per copy. The Bulletin may also be bought at the HKMA Information Centre on 55th Floor, Two International Finance Centre. The full text of the Bulletin (http://www.info.gov.hk/hkma/eng/public/qb_index.htm) is available on the HKMA website.

For further enquiries, please contact:
Kevin Ip, Manager (Press), at 2878 1687
Thomas Chan, Senior Manager (Press), at 2878 1480 or

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
15 March 2006