Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund

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14 Oct 2008

Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund

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).

Release calendar

The release calendar of the Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank for 2009 is announced below:

Reference Month Release Date
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

Annex

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
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