International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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30 Oct 2009

International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Friday) analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the end of September 2009 (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 2010 is announced below:

Reference Month Release Date
January 2010 26 February 2010
February 2010 31 March 2010
March 2010 30 April 2010
April 2010 31 May 2010
May 2010 30 June 2010
June 2010 30 July 2010
July 2010 31 August 2010
August 2010 30 September 2010
September 2010 29 October 2010
October 2010 30 November 2010
November 2010 31 December 2010
December 2010 31 January 2011

Annex

For further enquiries, please contact:
Peggy Lo, Manager (Communications), at 2878 1687 or
Hing-fung Wong, Manager (Communications), at 2878 1802

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
30 October 2009

 

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 2009, 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 (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)
30 October Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account
30 October SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
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