The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Friday) the analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity as at the end of September 2010 (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 2011 is announced below:
Reference Month | Release Date |
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January 2011 | 28 February 2011 |
February 2011 | 31 March 2011 |
March 2011 | 29 April 2011 |
April 2011 | 31 May 2011 |
May 2011 | 30 June 2011 |
June 2011 | 29 July 2011 |
July 2011 | 31 August 2011 |
August 2011 | 30 September 2011 |
September 2011 | 31 October 2011 |
October 2011 | 30 November 2011 |
November 2011 | 30 December 2011 |
December 2011 | 31 January 2012 |
For media enquiries, please contact:
Rhonda Lam, Communications Chief, at 2878 1480 or
Natalie Wu, Officer (Communications), at 2878 8246
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
29 October 2010
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 2010, 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) |
29 October | Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account |
29 October | SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity |