The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Monday) key analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund at the end of September 2006, reporting an increase of HK$3.3 billion in the foreign assets of the Exchange Fund during the month.
Foreign assets, representing the external assets of the Exchange Fund, amounted to HK$957.7 billion.
The Monetary Base, comprising Certificates of Indebtedness, Government issued currency notes and coins in circulation, the Aggregate Balance of the banking system and Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued, amounted to HK$293 billion.
Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$58.6 billion.
Foreign liabilities, representing mainly obligations under repurchase agreements, amounted to HK$1.8 billion.
The analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund are released in accordance with the International Monetary Fund's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) and are referred to as the Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank under SDDS (Annex).
Release calendar
The release calendar of the Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank for 2007 is announced below:
Reference Month | Release Date |
January 2007 | 14 February 2007 |
February 2007 | 14 March 2007 |
March 2007 | 16 April 2007 |
April 2007 | 14 May 2007 |
May 2007 | 14 June 2007 |
June 2007 | 16 July 2007 |
July 2007 | 14 August 2007 |
August 2007 | 14 September 2007 |
September 2007 | 15 October 2007 |
October 2007 | 14 November 2007 |
November 2007 | 14 December 2007 |
December 2007 | 14 January 2008 |
For further enquiries, please contact:
Sara Yip, Manager (Press), at 2878 8246 or
Ying-ying Cheng, Manager (Press), at 2878 1687
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
16 October 2006
At present, four press releases relating to the Exchange Fund's data are issued by the HKMA 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 2006, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
9 October (Issued) |
SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures) |
16 October | SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund) |
27 October | Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account |
31 October | SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity |