The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Tuesday) key analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund at the end of September 2008, reporting an increase of HK$12.4 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$1,195.1 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$347.3 billion.
Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$78.3 billion.
Foreign liabilities, representing mainly obligations under repurchase agreements, amounted to HK$23.7 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).
The release calendar of the Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank for 2009 is announced below:
Reference Month | Release Date |
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January 2009 | 16 February 2009 |
February 2009 | 16 March 2009 |
March 2009 | 14 April 2009 |
April 2009 | 14 May 2009 |
May 2009 | 15 June 2009 |
June 2009 | 14 July 2009 |
July 2009 | 14 August 2009 |
August 2009 | 14 September 2009 |
September 2009 | 14 October 2009 |
October 2009 | 16 November 2009 |
November 2009 | 14 December 2009 |
December 2009 | 14 January 2010 |
For further enquiries, please contact:
Thomas Chan, Senior Manager (Press), at 2878 1480 or
Peggy Lo, Manager (Press), at 2878 1687
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
14 October 2008
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 2008, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
8 October (Issued) |
SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures) |
14 October | SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund) |
31 October | Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account |
31 October | SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity |